Posted on: January 10th, 2019

THIS IS AN URGENT EMAIL TO YOU REGARDING MAIL-DELIVERY SERVICE. 

Our current mail carrier is Don Harmon, son of our beloved long-time carrier Scott Harmon who left this route about 8 or so years ago.  Scott and his brother were our carriers for over 23 years and because of the restraints of the wages and his family responsibilities Scott moved back to Buffalo, NY and lost the contract.  He is wanting to return again and work the route with his son Don who has another job with his insurance firm.  Together they will give us the best service once again.

The purpose of this email is to get you to send it beginning TODAY, if possible to write to BOTH of the following people:

                Mindy.D.Armstrong@nullusps.gov

And                YuTe.S.Chang@nullusps.gov

Feel free to send one note to both people.

YuTe, the holder of the current contract for Don needs to have your note as well as Mindy, the contract holder for future contracts.  Together they will be making the decision of where to award the contract moving forward.  BOTH of these people need to hear your request to grant the NEW contract to Don, regardless that his bid may be higher than others.  We know what low bidders get us!

Don, his Dad Scott, and Scott’s brother comprise over 23 years of service to HCR 60.  They were/are all great carriers.  Don and Scott know this route better than anyone and if you’ve lived in the mountains for more than 20 years, you knew Scott.  Please help us secure this position for Don and Scott for the future.  Don told me that he bid the contract high because of the cost of managing it and he is concerned that Mindy will go forward based on low bid costs and not the level of responsibility that we know Scott brought to us and now Don is bringing to our mountain route.

The nature of your note needs to mention the following:

• A request to keep Don on this route because he is trustworthy and good
• We are a concerned group of citizens who are up in arms regarding challenges of the past carriers after Scott left and specifically just recently
• We stand together to keep Don as our carrier
• We understand that this new contract will be awarded on the 19^th (9 days from now) and we want to make sure that we have the best carrier for the job.

Finally, Don and I discussed drop boxes for the route and I will be addressing this at the Gold Hill Town Meeting in February 11.

Thanks for your help and for sending in your comments today before you forget about this e mail.

Debra Yeager     303 449 0454 home    303 881 7665 cell