{"id":18836,"date":"2020-08-21T19:36:29","date_gmt":"2020-08-21T19:36:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/merikebi.warrenmyers.com\/?p=18836"},"modified":"2020-08-21T19:36:29","modified_gmt":"2020-08-21T19:36:29","slug":"new-comment-on-reddit-1894","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/merikebi.warrenmyers.com\/?p=18836","title":{"rendered":"New comment on reddit"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"md\">\n<blockquote>\n<p>To reiterate, a false narrative has developed that the two steps we have taken to improve efficiency\u2014running on time and on schedule and realigning our organizational structure\u2014are somehow designed to harm the ability of voters to use the mail to vote.\u00a0 Further, this false narrative has turned matters that have either been long planned or are part of long-standing processes in place for years\u2014well before my arrival 67 days ago\u2014such as the routine equipment reductions and the regular removal of low-volume collection boxes, into attacks on the election.\u00a0 Even the recommendations that we have been making for years, like asking election officials to use First-Class Mail when sending blank ballots to voters or urging voters to return their ballots one week before the election, have been turned into accusations that we are degrading the service provided to Election Mail.<\/p>\n<p>While this narrative is fundamentally false and unfair, there is also no doubt that it is hurting the Postal Service\u2019s valued reputation as a source of reliability and strength for the American people.\u00a0 And, it could serve to undermine public confidence in the electoral process.\u00a0 Managing the Postal Service in an efficient and effective manner cannot succeed if everything is politicized; this was a key insight that led to the creation of an independent Postal Service in the first place.\u00a0 In such an atmosphere, it becomes impossible for the Postal Service to do the job that Congress has tasked us to do, and that it is my solemn duty to uphold.\u00a0 <\/p>\n<p>Therefore, and as I announced earlier this week, I have decided to pause the implementation of our future transformative efforts until after the election.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/blockquote><\/div>\n<p>August 21, 2020 at 03:09PM<br \/>\nvia reddit https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/Libertarian\/comments\/ie33rl\/statement_of_postmaster_general_and_chief\/g2ctmwl?utm_source=ifttt<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To reiterate, a false narrative has developed that the two steps we have taken to improve efficiency\u2014running on time and on schedule and realigning our organizational structure\u2014are somehow designed to harm the ability of voters to use the mail to vote.\u00a0 Further, this false narrative has turned matters that have either been long planned or &hellip;<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/merikebi.warrenmyers.com\/?p=18836\" class=\"more-link pen_button pen_element_default pen_icon_arrow_double\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">New comment on reddit<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_hide_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_featured_image_duplicate_dismissed":0,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[4],"tags":[972],"keyring_services":[],"class_list":["post-18836","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blih","tag-reddit"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/merikebi.warrenmyers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18836","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/merikebi.warrenmyers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/merikebi.warrenmyers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/merikebi.warrenmyers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/merikebi.warrenmyers.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=18836"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/merikebi.warrenmyers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18836\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18837,"href":"https:\/\/merikebi.warrenmyers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18836\/revisions\/18837"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/merikebi.warrenmyers.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=18836"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/merikebi.warrenmyers.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=18836"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/merikebi.warrenmyers.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=18836"},{"taxonomy":"keyring_services","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/merikebi.warrenmyers.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fkeyring_services&post=18836"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}