Nevada politicians send letter to USPS urging Board of Governors to stop DeJoy from downsizing

WASHINGTON D.C. (KOLO) – A bipartisan team of Nevada politicians have penned a letter to U.S. Postal Service Board of Governors expressing concern over proposed downsizing.

The team consisted of Senators Catherine Cortez Masto and Jacky Rosen, Congressman Mark Amodei, and Governor Joe Lombardo. Their letter additionally expressed continued concerns over a plan to relocate part of the operations of the Reno Processing Center to Sacramento.

The group insisted that the Board exercise oversight authority to stop Postmaster General Louis DeJoy from implementing what they say is a misguided plan.

“On April 23, 2024, USPS officially announced its decision to proceed with its misguided plan to downsize and relocate outgoing mail processing operations from Reno, Nevada to Sacramento, California,” wrote the lawmakers and the Governor. “This announcement came despite multiple requests from the undersigned for USPS to present the data that informed this decision – requests that were left unanswered for months, refused during in-person meetings with USPS staff, ignored during a United States Senate oversight hearing with the Postmaster General, and finally purported to be addressed in a May 2024 letter that failed to directly address any of the specific concerns Nevada stakeholders and elected officials have raised.”

“As the USPS Board of Governors, we urge you to conduct your oversight responsibilities to stop this ill-considered plan from going into effect. The Board should not allow Postmaster General DeJoy to proceed with downsizing and relocating Nevada’s Reno P&DC absent critical Nevada-specific data,” they continued. “Finally, if you feel that the Postmaster General has served as an active impediment to conducting meaningful oversight, then it is time to seriously consider who leads the USPS in the future.”

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