We are seeing many great comments from the hundreds of South Dakotans who are signing the "Deliver the Mail" petition. Here is a small sampling of the comments:
“We need to keep the 6 day postal delivery and also keep the mail processing centers open. Cutting service is no way for a service industry to thrive, or survive. There are other viable options.”
“As rural South Dakota ranchers we rely on our mail service to deliver our parts and veterinary supplies the next day. Not three or more days later. We need our mail delivered in a timely fashion. Living far away from available retailers it is necessary for the mail to deliver to us at least 6 days a week.”
“For those people who live in rural areas, limiting mail delivering to as little as three times per week, which it already is in some areas, would be a hardship, especially for those who receive medications in the mail, or rely on mail delivery for their businesses.”
“I choose to have my medications mailed to me from Pierre. What took under 2 days now takes 7. I have run out of necessary medications. I can see how this will not only adversely affect my family, but the businesses which are struggling to survive the economy and political stalemates that continue to plague us all. Find a better solution, than this radical discrimination against a rural state.”
“Postal Service needs to keep 6 day delivery and Congress needs to know this is a essenial part of everyday life and livelihood of some and part of backbone of our Country.”
“Please don't delay the mail. It is vital to our business.”
“Rural farm communities need their post office's open and 6 day a week delivery. A lot of legal and Farm Program paperwork has to be delivered on the second day of mailing.”
“6 day mail service is vitally important to me. My husband depend on this form of service for the delivery of our medications, we have been using this method for quite a number of years. And with the shortage of some medications, we have noticed a slower delivery time. We send all our payments by mail, no computer stuff for us, also receive a daily newspaper. If we lose a 6 day service, we will probably drop our newspaper, and this may be what others will do. That will affect the major newspapers, a loss for them. Any packages mailed from our address are sent and received through our daily mail service. Our 6 day mail service is a link to the outside world because we live in a very rural area of SD. We are highly dependent on our excellent mail carrier. Do not cut back on our mail service, nor our mail centers of Pierre and Rapid City; they are very vital to our very rural state. The Postal Service should have been doing some cutting within long ago. I would guess there are some very high wages paid to the people at the top, they need do some cutting back in these areas.”
“The Post Office is a service to the people, as important as railroads, airports, schools and many other things that are subsidized to hold together the fabric of the nation. The Post Office should not be required to show a profit any more than should the Army and Navy.”
“South Dakota needs to keep Dakota Central open! They process a lot of mail and to keep it going smoothly we need at least 2 processing plants. Keep Dakota central!”
