PRC Advisory Opinion: Docket N2011-1

Five Postal Protesters Arrested at Salem Facility

Communities and Postal Workers United

April 2013 Newsletter

Articles & Resources on

Historic Post Offices

Consolidation Resources

Lists & Maps on Google Docs

Organizing to Save Rural Post Offices

A Community Organizing Toolkit

Revised November 2012

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• Closing Maps
  • RAOI Closing Map (7/26/11)
  • Removed from RAOI: Map
  • Non-RAOI Map (7/27/11)
  • AMP Consolidation Map (9/15/11)
  • Post Offices Closed in 2011 Map
  • Appeals
• Closing Lists
  • RAOI Closing List (7/26/11)
    • Official USPS RAOI List
    • Alabama
    • Alaska
    • Arizona
    • Arkansas
    • California
    • Colorado
    • Connecticut
    • DC
    • Delaware
    • Florida
    • Georgia
    • Hawaii
    • Idaho
    • Illinois
    • Indiana
    • Iowa
    • Kansas
    • Kentucky
    • Louisiana
    • Maine
    • Maryland
    • Massachusetts
    • Michigan
    • Minnesota
    • Mississippi
    • Missouri
    • Montana
    • Nebraska
    • Nevada
    • New Hampshire
    • New Jersey
    • New Mexico
    • New York
    • North Carolina
    • North Dakota
    • Ohio
    • Oklahoma
    • Oregon
    • Pennsylvania
    • Rhode Island
    • South Carolina
    • South Dakota
    • Tennessee
    • Texas
    • Utah
    • Vermont
    • Virginia
    • Washington
    • West Virginia
    • Wisconsin
    • Wyoming
  • Removed from RAOI: List
  • Non-RAOI List (7/27/11)
  • State-by-State Summary of July 2011 closing lists
  • AMP Consolidations
  • Post Offices Closed in 2011 List
  • Appeals
• Counter Narratives
  • Congress’s war on the post office (Salon)
  • Principles for Postal Service Reform
  • Do you need your mailman? Phil Rubio on NPR
  • Save the Post Office! (Nation)
  • 'Save the Post Office' Movement Defends 'the Human Side of Government' (Nation)
  • Wait a Minute, Mr. Postmaster: Postal Service Privatizers Push Manufactured Crisis (The Indypendent)
  • Twisted government accounting behind Postal Service woes (MSNBC)
  • Are We About to Lose the Postal Service? (AlterNet)
  • Bogus Postal Service crisis deserves to get a Return to Sender (NY Daily News)
  • Destroying the Postal Service - another Manufactured Crisis (Thom Hartmann)
  • Destroying the Postal Service in Order to Save It? (OpEd News)
  • How the Right Wing Destroyed the U.S. Postal Service (Majority Report)
  • Postal Service: Death by Bathtub Drowning (truthout)
  • Postal Workers: The Last Union (truthout)
  • Shock Doctrine at U.S. Postal Service: Is A Manufactured Crisis Behind Push to Privatize? (Democracy Now)
• Place Index
  • Alabama
    • Sheffield AL
  • New York
    • Binghamton NY
    • Caledonia NY
    • Etna NY
    • Syracuse NY
  • North Carolina
    • Elizabeth City NC
    • Pinehurst NC
    • Raleigh NC
  • North Dakota
    • Douglas ND
  • Ohio
    • Akron OH
    • Bainbridge OH
    • Waterville OH
  • Oregon
    • Eugene OR
  • Pennsylvania
    • Athens PA
    • Calumet PA
    • Doylesburg PA
    • Gwynedd PA
    • York PA
  • South Carolina
    • Cheraw SC
  • Texas
    • Fort Worth TX
    • Leroy TX
  • Virginia
    • Danville VA
    • Star Tannery VA
  • Washington
    • Camus WA
    • Noosak WA
    • Redmond WA
  • West Virginia
    • Hacker Valley WV
  • Wyoming
    • Bairoil WY
    • Cora WY
    • Freedom WY
  • Arkansas
    • Boles AR
    • Fort Smith AR
  • California
    • Modesto CA
    • Newbury Park CA
    • Ukiah CA
    • Venice CA
    • Winchester CA
  • Connecticut
    • Danbury CT
    • Fairfield CT
    • Greenwich CT
    • Norwich CT
    • Tariffville CT
    • Westport CT
  • Florida
    • Palm Beach FL
    • Pass-a-Grille FL
    • West Palm Beach FL
  • Georgia
    • Canton GA
    • Irwinville GA
  • Illinois
    • Coatsburg IL
    • Geneva IL
    • Joliet IL
  • Iowa
    • Hartford IA
    • Plover IA
    • Thayer IA
  • Kansas
    • Home KS
    • Liebenthal KS
  • Maryland
    • Beallsville MD
    • Bethesda MD
    • Brownsville MD
    • Helen MD
  • Minnesota
    • Clements
    • Northfield MN
  • Nebraska
    • Lincoln NE
    • Rockville NE
  • New Jersey
    • Freehold NJ
    • Lakewood NJ
  • New Mexico
    • Holman NM
• Topics
  • Big Picture
  • CBRE
  • Congressional Testimony
  • Emergency Suspensions
  • For sale
  • Historic Post Offices
  • History
  • Internet myth
  • Legislation
  • Mail industry
  • Media coverage
  • Modes of delivery
  • Moratorium on closings
  • NAPA/PB study
  • New Deal Post Offices
  • Plant consolidations
  • POStPlan
  • Post office closings
  • PRC cases
  • Post Office Stories
  • Privatization
  • Reports & studies
  • Saturday delivery
  • Secret market survey
  • Save Your Post Office
  • Village Post Office
  • Week in Review
  • Exigent Rate Increase
• RAOI Advisory Opinion
  • PRC website docket
  • Docket summaries
    • PRC Docket No. N2011-1 and the Future of the Post Office
    • The USPS Requests an Advisory Opinion
    • Testimony of James J. Boldt for the USPS
    • PRC initiates the proceedings
    • Presiding Officer’s Information Request No. 1
    • Boldt's responses to Goldway's Information Request No. 1
    • Interrogatories of the Public Representative
    • Interrogatories of the Limited Participant and USPS Responses
    • Issues over the two documents under seal
    • NAPUS Interrogatories & Responses
    • APWU Interrogatories & Responses
    • Cross-exam of League of Postmasters
    • The Valpak Brief
    • The Postal Service Runs Amok: How not to close a post office
    • The Advisory Opinion: Transformative Moment or Bump in the Road
• News & Blogs
  • burrusjournal
  • Courier, Express, And Postal Observer
  • Dead Tree Edition
  • Federal Times
  • Going Postal
  • Iowa Backroads
  • PostalMag
  • Postal Journal
  • Postal Employee Network
  • PEN Postal News
  • Postal News
  • Postal Newsgroup
  • Post Office Freak
  • Postal Reporter
  • PostalReporter News Blog
  • RuralInfo Postal News
  • 21st Century Postal Worker
• Organizations
  • APWU
  • AUSPL
  • NALC
  • National League of Postmasters
  • NAPUS
  • NPMU
  • NRLC
  • PostCom
• Government
  • Office of Inspector General
  • OIG Blog
  • Postal Regulatory Commission
  • USPS Newsroom
  • US Postal Service
• Save Our P.O. Sites
  • Avalon, TX
  • Camak GA
  • Cheyney, PA
  • Cincinnati
  • Chimacum, WA
  • Cottondale, AL
  • East Village, Des Moines, IA
  • Goodyear Heights, Akron, OH
  • Hawleyville, CT
  • Healdsburg, CA
  • Holman, NM
  • Las Olas CA
  • Lititz, PA
  • Northfield, MN
  • Oreland, PA
  • Pensacola, FL
  • Penataquit Station
  • Raleigh, NC
  • Rhinecliff, NY
  • Sleepy Hollow, NY
  • Still Pond MD
  • Tariffville, CT
  • Ukiah, CA
  • Valley Station, KY
  • Venice, CA
  • West Virginia Post Offices
  • Westside Pavilion LA CA
  • Save Our Rural Arkansas Post Offices
• Save the PO in the News
  • Downsize Means Destroy (NY Times)
  • Washington Post Profile
  • How the U.S. Postal Service Fell Apart (Time)
  • Ralph Nader: Time to Save the Post Office
  • Gothamist Interview
  • NYU Local Interview
  • 'Save the Post Office' Movement Defends 'the Human Side of Government' - Nation
  • 10 Remedies for an Ailing Postal Service - The Street
  • Chicago Postal Worker
  • Daily Kos
  • Google Maps Mania
  • Letter Writers Alliance
  • Liberation
  • Neue Zürcher Zeitung
  • NYU Professor Goes Postal - NY Intel
  • Nutty Professor Fights to Save USPS from 'Greedy Corporations' — The Blaze
  • One Man’s Efforts to Save the Post Office — NC Letter Carrrier Activist
  • USPS Cuts Loom (Huffington Post)
  • Tiny towns battle to keep their post offices
  • WWRL Interview
  • Post Office still vital for the masses (AJC op-ed)
  • Texas town fears the worst if post office closes (Star-Telegram)
  • Wrecking America's Postal Service — the people's voice.org