Friday, February 5, 2010

Woman's Letter Sparks Investigation of Post Office Closings

According to the Associated Press, a letter from Retha Casto in Hacker Valley, W.V., has prompted the federal Postal Regulatory Commission to investigate whether procedures were violated when her local post office, as well as 96 others in 34 states were closed over the past five years.

Read the AP story here. Scroll down the page a little and look on the left for "Related Stories." Click on "Handwritten letter from Retha Casto to Postal Regulatory Commission" to see a pdf of her handwritten letter.

It's an interesting story! And, it shows the power a handwritten letter can have.

1 comment:

Renee Anderson said...

If this letter's end result is the reopening of our post office, it will uphold the saying that "the pen is mightier than the sword."

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