Twin Cities residents report mail disruptions, but postal officials call deliveries 'stable'

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Throughout fall and the holidays, more and more Twin Cities residents say they've noticed that mail isn't being delivered regularly — a disruption to one of life's important routines.

"On average, we receive our mail once every 10 days," Joey Cameron of Edina said Friday. "This has been going on for some months now. I have serious concerns that we are not receiving some pieces of mail at all."

Postal Service officials in the metro area say all is well — or nearly well. "Delivery in the Twin Cities is stable with improvements in many areas," Desai Abdul-Razzaaq, a Postal Service spokesman, said in an email.

But on Friday, U.S. Rep. Angie Craig released a letter she sent to Postmaster General Louis DeJoy seeking answers for delays and disruptions she's heard about in the larger suburbs in her district — Lakeville, Apple Valley, Eagan and Mendota Heights.

"My constituents have reported to me that they regularly go three to four days without receiving their mail; some have told me they haven't received mail since December 16, 2022 — now 2 weeks ago," Craig wrote. "I've been told by local postal officials that a route would never go unserved for more than one day at a time, but it's clear that is simply not the case."

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In November, Craig sent a letter to Postal Service leaders about poor delivery service in Lakeville. In August, Minnesota U.S. Sen. Tina Smith also wrote to DeJoy seeking answers about missing and delayed mail deliveries in the state. In a statement Friday, the Postal Service said it would review Craig's concerns and respond directly to her.

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[Ocelot II]

1. Yup. I've been going a couple of days at a time without any ads or catalogs.

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5. These days I actually welcome ads and cataloges if this is what keeps the Postal Service afloat

[CurtEastPoint]

2. WHY IS THAT GD DEJOY ASSHOLE STILL AT THE HELM?

[dflprincess]

3. Because the Postmaster General is appointed by the USPS Board of Governors

& the governors serve for something like 6 or 7 years.

Biden hasn't had the chance to appoint enough new governors to oust DeJoy. Though I recently read that will change soon.

[Blue Owl]

4. Why it's just the stable genius of tRump-appointed stooge Louis DeJoy

[PlutosHeart]

6. There has been a change in our mail delivery

ever since DeJoyless took over. I live in the middle of MN. in a small city. There used to be 2-3 days in a row with no mail delivered. On occasion we will be missing a bill. In fact last month that happened again and I had to pay double because I was not aware it was missing.

When he took over there was also a change of employees. Many more part time ones. Many with new routes. We no longer seem to have a regular one for any length of time now and that is sad since we built up rapport with them.

He needs to be removed. It is unacceptable that he is still there no matter the reason. Fire him for incompetance.