04/05/2024 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 04/05/2024 12:40
Further, when questioned about USPS's plan to avoid delays in the delivery of prescription drugs from the Oscar G. Johnson Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center (VAMC), the presenters appeared entirely unaware of the hospital's presence in Iron Mountain. Michigan's First Congressional District has one of the highest percentages of Veteran residents per capita of any district in the country, and many of these Veterans rely on the mail service for the timely delivery of their prescriptions. USPS's ignorance of the Iron Mountain VAMC's existence and importance for Veterans living throughout the Upper Peninsula serves to demonstrate that the changes currently being proposed to the Iron Mountain P&DC have been ushered in with zero understanding of the community and its needs. This is just one embarrassing example of USPS's "review" process mentioned during the public meeting.
While I am sure USPS will once again attempt to assure me that no final decision has been made on the Iron Mountain P&DC - as was stressed multiple times by the presenters at the April 1 meeting - the agency's most recent response to my letter of March 6th states that "It is anticipated that the facility will maintain the following operations once converted to an LPC."
This language (and elsewhere) reads like USPS has already made up its mind to convert the facility to a Local Processing Center (LPC). Please let me know how USPS plans to rectify this substandard review process before the entire Upper Peninsula of Michigan is further disregarded due to bureaucratic incompetence.
I look forward to the agency's prompt response to the questions and concerns outlined above.