Though it may not happen until mid-May, the planned closure of the mail sorting center on Churn Creek Road is already having an impact on mail delivery in the north state, or so I've heard.
At a private mail-and-fax business yesterday, a couple of the clerks said mail in the area is already being delayed by several days. For instance, if you're in Redding and you send a letter to Red Bluff, it has to go to Sacramento's big sorting center first.
Now someone tell me -- how does diverting mail bound from Redding to Red Bluff via Sacramento add efficiency or even save a lot of money in the long run? Did they consider all the extra money they're going to spend on fuel and vehicle maintenance while they're not eliminating jobs because of their union contract? That's government for you -- spend a dollar to save a dime.
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