Post Office Wants To Scale Back Mail Delivery

(Savannah) Known for pushing the envelope in good or bad weather …The U.S. Postal Service is struggling. As people switch to e-mail for both personal contact and bill paying that means less mail, reduced revenue and an increase in labor and fuel costs. The Postal Service was 2.8 billion in the red last year.
And that could mean the end of Saturday delivery. Postal officials are hoping the impact will be minimal in Savannah. Our retail units will still be open. Of course we will have a substantial savings as far as operating cost if we do go to the 5 day delivery," says Postmaster Barbara King.
One of the major costs…gas. "We're looking at options of using the electric vehicles which would also give us a substantial savings."
Folks at Marshview Senior Living on Skidaway road think writing-off Saturday mail would be awful. "Cutting it on Saturday is gonna cut it close for a lot of our residents here because their money comes in the mail. They don't have direct deposit. They don't have internet access," says Danielle Langford.
"Most of the churches bulletins arrive on Saturday and we all swap. We're parishioners at different church, and it would be nice to still have the mail arriving on Saturdays," says Emory Heidt. This is not the first time The Postmaster General has asked for help from Congress. Right now no one knows what will happen next, but Postmaster Barbara King says here in Savannah they'll do everything they can to support the customer and employees.
"The plan is not complete right now, and we will make some kind of arrangements to accommodate the people. We definitely wanna keep our customers satisfied." King says they're not laying off any employees in Savannah. Voluntary retirement offers and vacant positions saved a lot of people. Meantime, Postmaster General Potter says he will submit a formal request by the end of the month to The Postal Regulatory Commission to change the mail service.