Heroes’ corner Postal employee, dog rescue cat USPS News – 4/22/15 Winthrop, WA, Rural Carrier Dori Blackburn Who says postal carriers and dogs can’t get along? Dori Blackburn recently joined the Postal Service as a rural carrier in Winthrop, WA. For several days, she was approached on her route by a dog that seemed eager to […]
NALC – The Coalition to Stop Fast Track, of which NALC is a member, has created its first advertisement opposing giving President Obama Fast Track authority, and plans to air the spot in Washington, DC and in targeted districts through the next week.
Denver – A postal carrier stepped into action and stopped a peeping Tom in a Southwest Denver neighborhood. Amos Lopez, a Navy veteran, has been delivering mail in Denver for 31 years. “I like it and that’s why I’m still doing it,” Lopez said. Lopez said he enjoys being outdoors and meeting the neighbors. But […]
Members of Congress say they received no warning that the West Front went into lockdown Wednesday afternoon, prompting concerns about how Capitol Police would handle a more menacing threat to the secure airspace surrounding the Dome. Among those demanding accountability from Capitol Police over the gyrocopter incident are appropriators who write the Capitol Police budget. “We […]
House Homeland Security Chairman Michael McCaul (R-Texas) said Sunday that last week’s gyrocopter incident exposed a security concern around the nation’s capital. “It exposes a vulnerability that the terrorists, I think, can exploit,” McCaul said on ABC’s “This Week.” “I think part of the problem is these small, ultralight aircraft are very difficult to detect, […]
RUSKIN, FL (WFLA) – Doug Hughes, the 61-year-old Ruskin postal worker who landed a self-piloted gyrocopter on the Capitol lawn in Washington D.C. this week returned home around 2:30 a.m. on Sunday. Hughes made headlines earlier this week when he flew a gyrocopter to Washington in protest of campaign finance. He spent a day in […]
Sweet tweet TV star Pauley Perrette praises New York carrier USPS News – 4/17/15 Pauley Perrette and New York City Letter Carrier Patricia Key New York City Letter Carrier Patricia Key was photographed with “NCIS” star Pauley Perrette during a recent visit to Donna Bell’s Bake Shop, a midtown bakery that Perrette co-owns. Perrette shared the photo […]
South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham is more hawkish than you, and probably most of the country. And he wants to make sure you are aware of that. Joining radio host Hugh Hewitt on his program on Wednesday, Graham was probed about a stunt involving a postal worker who was so distraught over post-Citizens United world […]
Rapid City, SD – Those circulating petitions against the Rapid City school district tax increase have a new challenge. They can no longer collect signatures on interior sidewalks in front of the post office. A Rapid City police officer spent the morning arguing with those carrying the clipboards. He explained that the postal service had […]
Doug Hughes wouldn’t like this story. After all, the Florida letter carrier who landed a gyro-copter at the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday has long insisted that his message — not he — is what’s important: “I’m just delivering the mail.” Hughes, 61, of Ruskin, Florida, piloted his small open-cockpit gyro-copter from Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, to Washington, […]