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Remember the good old days when the Postmaster General was someone who started out as a carrier and worked their way to the top? It was not that long ago. Megan Brennan served from Feb 2015 to June 2020.
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This is outrageous: Louis DeJoy could be making a personal profit from the harmful changes that he is forcing onto our Postal Service.
We already knew that Postmaster General DeJoy’s plan to slow down mail delivery and raise postage prices would negatively impact voters, families, and small businesses in several states. But now, new reports expose how DeJoy might be lining his own pockets in the process.
The USPS is set to pay $120 million over the next five years to a contractor called XPO Logistics. DeJoy used to be an executive at XPO -- and his family businesses continue to lease office buildings to the company.
So while XPO gets a major boost from its new deal with the USPS, those leases could generate over $23 million in rent payments for DeJoy’s businesses over the next decade. This level of corruption and profiteering from DeJoy is appalling.
Here’s what those of us who care about the Postal Service can do, Clover: President Biden’s nominees for the USPS Board of Governors -- the only body that can fire DeJoy -- were recently confirmed by the Senate, potentially giving the Board a more reform-minded majority. But as of now, the Board hasn't made any commitments either way about DeJoy’s future.
I hope you’ll speak out today, Clover. Millions of people are counting on the USPS to safely and promptly deliver their medications, paychecks, and ballots.
Hopefully, this link will take you to the online petition.
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