Local, state leaders to meet with postal chief
04/28/2006 03:17:26 PM
Posted: Friday, April 28, 2006
The effort to retain mail processing and distribution duties in Sioux City is going straight to the top next week when a local delegation meets with U.S. Postmaster General John Potter.
After the April 20 meeting in which regional postal officials spoke on a feasibility study before 400 Siouxlanders, the disgruntled congressional delegation of U.S. Sens. Tom Harkin and Charles Grassley and Congressman Steve King sought a meeting with Potter. That has been scheduled for Thursday afternoon in the House of Representatives.
The U.S. Postal Service has finished several Area Mail Processing studies on moving operations around to become more efficient. The AMP study of Sioux City operations, some believe, could lead to the duties being shifted north to Sioux Falls.
Siouxland Chamber of Commerce and city of Sioux City officials are expected to comprise the delegation heading to Washington D.C., and Harkin, King and Grassley are expected as well.
Read the complete story in Saturday's Sioux City Journal.
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After the April 20 meeting in which regional postal officials spoke on a feasibility study before 400 Siouxlanders, the disgruntled congressional delegation of U.S. Sens. Tom Harkin and Charles Grassley and Congressman Steve King sought a meeting with Potter. That has been scheduled for Thursday afternoon in the House of Representatives.
The U.S. Postal Service has finished several Area Mail Processing studies on moving operations around to become more efficient. The AMP study of Sioux City operations, some believe, could lead to the duties being shifted north to Sioux Falls.
Siouxland Chamber of Commerce and city of Sioux City officials are expected to comprise the delegation heading to Washington D.C., and Harkin, King and Grassley are expected as well.
Read the complete story in Saturday's Sioux City Journal.
Share your opinion
Sound off on the USPS proposal in our Voice reader forums.
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