Post Office incompetence, not cutbacks, delays deliveryFresno BeeWith regards to Aug. 31 story “Post Office cutbacks”: We shipped a package from Fig Garden Village Post office Aug. 1 to Chaparral, New Mexico. It contained school clothes for our great-grandkids. Package arrived in Denver, Colorado, five days later. More: continued here
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