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Old 01-29-2012, 02:35 PM   #1
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Default South Tamworth Post Office to Close

South Tamworth Post Office slated to close.

A public hear was held on Tuesday January 24, 2012 at the Tamworth Union Hall. The hall was packed to capacity.

The US Postal Service gave a presentation as to why the S. Tamworth Post Office was chosen and in general why the Postal Service is closing many post offices throughout the country.

In attendance was a Michael Scala who is a special assistant to Senator Kelly Ayotte. No one came from Senator Jeanne Shaheen office nor from Representative Frank Guinta’s office.

What was brought up in all of this is that your Post Office may be next. The Postal Service has plans to regionalize the US Postal Service and to consolidate offices. All of the smaller post offices such as Gilford, Alton, Silver Lake, Tuftonboro, Melvin Village, Meredith and many more may close if the plan goes forward. The Postal Service wants large big box retail units consolidated in different areas throughout the country with all smaller post offices closed.

For those with post office boxes – space could be rented in stores for pods. If no space is available then a pod would be placed outside at some business.

But the Post Office is going bankrupt, right? That’s what the newspapers and TV news stories state. FALSE.

The US Postal Service – even with electronic banking and email is still in the black but for ONE REASON.

H.R. 6407: Postal Accountability and Enhancement Act 2006

What this law does is mandate that the US Postal Service pre-fund health care costs for employees that have not yet been hired.

“In 2006, Congress passed the Postal Accountability and Enhancement Act. This law requires the Postal Service to do something that no other business or government agency has to do–pre-fund its FUTURE retiree health care benefits. This is a 75 year liability that has to be paid in 10 years. The Postal Service makes a payment of approximately $5.5 billion on September 30 at the end of every fiscal year to meet this obligation.”

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No other government agency NOR no other private company has to do this.


Without this obtuse law the US Postal Service would be in the black financially EVEN with online banking and email.

As the TV commercial states: There is nothing in this country more secure then a sealed envelope delivered to your home or PO Box then a paper letter.

With the demise of the South Tamworth Post Office will come the demise or your local post office.

With the demise of your local post office can and could be the demise of what little downtown we all have.

I suggest all write to there federal representatives and demand that you don’t want any post office closed in New Hampshire. If they close South Tamworth – yours may be next.

The Honorable Frank Guinta
US House of Representatives
1223 Longworth House Office Building
Washington DC 20515
Phone (202) 225-5456

Senator Jeanne Shaheen
520 Hart SOB Washington, DC
20510 Ph: (202) 224-2841

Senator Kelly Ayotte
188 RUSSELL SENATE OFFICE BUILDING
WASHINGTON DC 20510
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