1988-1989 Alabama Duck Stamp artist

"... John Warr began his art career in 1980 concentrating mainly on wildlife. Over the next ten years Warr worked with many wildlife organizations along with winning many awards including the 1988-1989 Alabama Duck Stamp competition. Warr grew up surrounded by the beauty of his beloved Guntersville Lake area of rural Northeastern Alabama...."  
Source: www.civilwarrart.com

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Audit: Atlanta NDC inefficient at unloading trucked mail

Audit: Major waste of resources at Atlanta postal distribution center

"... efficiently moving the trailers. According to investigators, "drivers performed more truck moves and expended more driver work hours than necessary."..."  
Source: www.wsbtv.com

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Postal Service: What's the real issue

10 things the post office won’t tell you

"...some in the postal industry say that declining mail is just an excuse: “There is red ink, but the overwhelming share has nothing to do with mail volume, the Internet, or other factors related to the mail,” says Fredric Rolando, president of the National Association of Letter Carriers. The retiree health payments account for nearly 80%, or $9.2 billion, of the first three quarters’ losses, and they “not only have exhausted the Postal Service’s profits, savings and borrowing authority, they also have distracted the USPS from addressing the structural issues that do indeed exist as society changes,” says Rolando, ..."  
Source: marketwatch.com

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Paul Ryan economic ideas inspired by Hayekian philosophy

Prime Time for Paul Ryan’s Guru

Works of F. A. Hayek

"...Hayek also believed that the government should not have a monopoly on any service it provides; instead, private companies should compete by offering an alternative Postal Service, road system, even, perhaps, a private fire department. ..."  
Source: www.nytimes.com

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Residents Furious Over Postal Sub's Excuses For Not Completing Appointed Rounds

Postal Worker’s Vacation Causes Halt In Mail Delivery For Some In Jersey City

"...what happens when a mail carrier goes on vacation. Residents of a Jersey City apartment building said when their letter carrier took a week off, so did their mail delivery. ..."  
Source: cbslocal.com

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United Parcel Service (UPS) and Paul Ryan

Janna Ryan, Paul Ryan's Wife, Lobbied For Cigar, Nuclear, Pharmaceutical Industries

"... Ryan and her then-boyfriend's work appear to have overlapped. In February 2000 while Janna Ryan still was working on behalf of UPS, Paul Ryan made one of only two corporate-funded trips he took that year, from Milwaukee to Atlanta, where UPS is headquartered. The trip was paid for by UPS, which also flew the congressman back to Washington, according to his financial disclosure reports. ..."  
Source: www.huffingtonpost.com

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Unique Post Offices

Top 13 must-see US post offices

"... From a boat that delivers mail along the docks of a 29-mile stretch of river, to aircraft that fly directly the coldest regions of Alaska, the country's post offices have been set up to meet the changes to the mail delivery system --and the people it serves...."  
Source: www.foxnews.com

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Cresco Post Office Mural

Have you seen this post office mural?

"...In 1936 Richard Haines completed an oil-on-canvas mural for the Cresco Post Office and it was brought in and glued to the wall in 1937. He called the painting “Iowa Farming” and he was paid $510, according to the State Historical Society of Iowa. ..."  
Source: www.crescotimes.com

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Excessing: Protection Against Layoffs

Arbitrator Rules on Protection Against Layoffs

"...Arbitrator Stephen B. Goldberg ruled on Aug. 1 that employees represented by the APWU who transfer to or are excessed into non-APWU crafts may not carry the protection against layoffs they have earned under the APWU Collective Bargaining Agreement to their new crafts. ..."  
Source: www.apwu.org

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FedEx and UPS have a vested interest in Postal Service survival

Why FedEx and UPS Want the Postal Service to Survive

"...For starters, FedEx earned $1.495 billion from the Postal Service last year as the agency’s number one supplier. UPS, the Postal Service’s 11th largest supplier, earned $102 million from the Postal Service, a $7 million increase from the year before...."  
Source: www.minyanville.com

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