Re: USPS Malden Post Office:
Here are copies of my recent letter and its attachments.
It is important to note that we received over $671,000.00 to build our new community center and broadband system to stimulate development here. Closing the post office would flush that effort, and the taxpayers money down the drain.
From: nicholasguitar@msn.com
To: krista.winters@leg.wa.gov; gazette@colfax.com
Subject: Malden WA post office
Date: Sat, 26 Nov 2011 11:36:30 -0800
To: 9th District Delegation, Congresswoman Cathy McMorris-Rogers and Doreen Karoly
Here is an e mail to update you on a response I recieved on one of my numerous letters, along with my response to it, a new issue and revisiting an old issue.
The first attachment is the canned responce I recieved to only the forst part of a compound letter I wrote on 11-11-2011. I was not asking about allied delivery service. The point of that letter was that farmers, the closest to Post Office is only 7/10 mile away, recieve mail from Rosalia, but are RETAIL customers of Malden. They should have been notified. The same goes for the residents of Pine City. Pine city is located 3 miles west from Malden. Their Post Office closed years ago. Their mail arrives via rural carrier, but they use Malden for retail services. The next post office to the west would be over 45 minutes away. (so much for short radius)
That brings me to the second point of my original letter, a point that was not addressed in your response, the proposal uses misleading words and phrases that do not reflect the walk in data presented. This is due to the improper usage of the words "number", "several", "short radius", and "steady". Your own numbers do not indicate a "steady decline" over "several years". You also state that "there are a 'number' of alternate sites within a 'short radius'. A radius is a circle around something, so lets look at a radius around Malden. That statement is not true as the closest location to the West, Rosalia, is 7 miles one way (14rt). The closest to the south is 13 miles one way (26 rt). to the North is Cheney, 20 miles one way (40rt). And to the west is Sprauge Wa which is approxamately 30 miles one way (60rt.) So You see, in order to draw a radius around us you have to include the furthest point, Sprauge WA, which is 30 miles away. Not a "short radius".
I have heard back from the State Attorney General's Office about vote by mail. A copy of their letter is another attachment. They express concern on behalf of the Secratary of State that "of course any change in the receipt and delivery of mail has a substantial impact on the ability of citizens to excersise their right to vote in elections under the new mail in voting system" The post office does not include vote by mail as a factor, nor did they ensure that a framework was in place to ensure no disruption of voteing.
And my final point. In 2008 the USDA Rural Development department granted Malden $671,008.00 to improve communications in Malden in order to promote economic growth. The closure of this post office would undermine those efforts. Please see the other two attachments.
Thats all for now. I hope everyone had a happy Thanksgiving.
Thank You
Nick Backman
P.S. The community cener is open. More on it in an upcoming letter.
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