Postage Due

Louis DeJoy holds on to the office of Postmaster General for the time being.  But hopefully not for long.

President Biden announced that he will appoint two new members of the Postal Service's board of governors to replace a Republican and a pro-DeJoy Democrat, which makes the current Postmaster General's hold on power tenuous and his time likely numbered.  As there are already four other Democrats on the board, Biden can only appoint one more Democrat, so one of his appointees must be a Republican.  The Republican, Derek Kan, is a former aide to Mitch McConnell and now runs an e-commerce fulfillment company.  The Democrat, Daniel Tangherlini, is a former administrator of the General Services Administration under President Barack Obama and also served as the chief financial officer of the Treasury Department.

Tangherlini and Kan replace governors whose terms are expiring, and Biden may have to wait to appoint an additional Democratic postal governor to get DeJoy removed.  That day can't come to soon enough.  DeJoy has deliberately slowed down mail by dismantling postal sorting and routing equipment deliberately, and charging extra for parcels during the holidays.  DeJoy says this is all necessary to keep the Postal Service from losing money, but his cure is clearly worse than the illness.  

I'm just glad he never became a doctor.

Did I happen to mention that the logistics company he founded does business with the Postal Service?

It's getting to the point where we may have to mail Christmas cards this week to ensure they get to where they're going before New Year's.  And if you have Hanukkah cards to mail, well, you're already out of luck, as Hanukkah is next week.  Me, I'm getting tired of all of these mail delays.  I mailed a cable bill payment two weeks ago and it only got to its destination late last week.  Too many people have overdue bills simply because the payments didn't get there in time.  If this is DeJoy's idea of quality service, I'd sure hate to see what he considers substandard.