The Postal Service is Changing Delivery Times — But Postmaster DeJoy’s Days in Charge Appear Numbered
One month ago, the Associated Press (AP) published a warning from state election officials across the country about the US Postal Service (USPS)’s inability to handle the anticipated glut of mail-in ballots for the upcoming November election.
Newsweek just published a story confirming the postal service is in fact planning on changing delivery times.
The poor timing is the point.
Postmaster, businessman (and republican mega-donor) Louis DeJoy received from the agency he was tapped to head during the Trump administration a $5 million highway-shipping contract for the trucking company, XPO, he used to lead before leaving its board in 2018.
However, according to CBS News:
XPO still pays DeJoy about $2.3 million a year in rent and expenses for 220,000 square feet of office space he controls in his home state of North Carolina. XPO’s lease agreements for DeJoy’s properties run through 2025.
He received that lucrative shipping contract in October 2020, one month before the most contested general election in modern history and the month early voting starts in most states.
