[Stu from NYC]

Originally Posted by OrangeBlossomBaby

They're not "supposed" to break even. They are a federal expense, not a commercial profit-making corporation.

The Army doesn't make a profit, how about we shut them down? Let's privatize all services nationwide. No more social security, no more medicare. No more housing authority, no more veterans department, no more immigration services, no more Homeland Security. Contractors only, from now on, and they would be commercial profit-making entities. You could even buy stocks from them. But no more SEC either, you takes your chances when you buy shares from now on.

Heck let's do away with the federal reserve too. It doesn't profit. So no more money.

You see how inane this argument is? "If the government can't profit from it, get rid of it, it's wasteful" - the Postal Service is NOT intended to make money. It is intended to spend it.

Is there a reason federal agencies cannot be run efficiently?

Post office typically has been rather inefficient in its operation.

BTW Fed reserve does operate at a profit and returns profit to the treasury.

[Bill14564]

Originally Posted by Stu from NYC

Is there a reason federal agencies cannot be run efficiently?

Post office typically has been rather inefficient in its operation.

BTW Fed reserve does operate at a profit and returns profit to the treasury.

Leaving aside that the USPS is not a Federal Agency....

Efficiently and profitably are not synonymous. The US military *could* be run efficiently, for example, but we should never want it to be profitable. Frequently, if a business is profitable then there is less concern over whether it is efficient.

We should all want the Federal Agencies to be reasonably efficient but there are few that have any means to turn a profit.

[Danube]

Originally Posted by thelegges

Some villages have the same street name, or extremely close. One of homes had a common street name, and we would get multiple pieces of mail in 32162 that should have gone to Blvd, or Rd, not streets.

Since TV is so large, where would you put just one Villages Post Office, and not anger 75% of the residents.

No good answer. I don't have a problem with the way it is now.

[Danube]

Originally Posted by OrangeBlossomBaby

No, it can't make all of The Villages one zip code. The Villages aren't even in one COUNTY. They're in THREE counties, in several towns, each with their own set of zip codes.

So what? Zip codes change, boundaries move. They sometimes include [parts of different counties or cities. And they don't even have to be a single contiguous area. The final word on zip codes is that of the USPS.

The USPS can do whatever it wants unless a fed congressman or senator steps in and threatens/bribes. The Post Office is a FEDERAL agency, (tho quasi-gov't). Top of the food chain. Cities, counties, VCDDs, other agencies have no say, although they can and do make suggestions and sometimes even donate land to encourage post offices to locate here or there. Way more in the past.

County & city boundaries are local and state issues, the PO doesn't care. It doesn't have to. Not their problem. The PO will do what's best for the PO. If the PO wants, they can just stop delivering to certain addresses or entire areas. This has happened when places get too dangerous due to crime, loose animals, too expensive to serve, etc. If someone or some agency doesn't like it they can bring on the lawyers, good luck. The lawyers are going to want money up-front, obviously.

[Rwirish]

Why does something need to be done?

[Normal]

Originally Posted by OrangeBlossomBaby

Because the OP is feeling inconvenienced.

I’m fine with driving to Wildwood for stamps, priority mail, receipt mail and passport work. I just was commenting on the obvious omission of a centrally located US mail station in the middle of the Villages. Do I like driving to Wildwood, no, but that’s just the way it will have to be. “Better to not have the beard stuck in the postbox.”

[jimhoward]

Originally Posted by Normal

I’m fine with driving to Wildwood for stamps, priority mail, receipt mail and passport work. I just was commenting on the obvious omission of a centrally located US mail station in the middle of the Villages. Do I like driving to Wildwood, no, but that’s just the way it will have to be. “Better to not have the beard stuck in the postbox.”

No passport services at Wildwood po. You have to go to Summerfield to find a post office with passport services.

[OrangeBlossomBaby]

Originally Posted by jimhoward

No passport services at Wildwood po. You have to go to Summerfield to find a post office with passport services.

But you don't have to go to any post office for passport services. The county clerk offices all offer that service, in various locations. For Lake County, there's even one on Avenida Central in The Villages, it's the North Lake branch office.

[Bill14564]

Originally Posted by OrangeBlossomBaby

But you don't have to go to any post office for passport services. The county clerk offices all offer that service, in various locations. For Lake County, there's even one on Avenida Central in The Villages, it's the North Lake branch office.

The UPS store in Pinellas will take photos. Don't know if they provide help filling out the form.