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Re: Comments, Suggestions......
By: Phill23 Date: April 13, 2012, 3:32 pm
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I kinda like it this way.
#Post#: 357--------------------------------------------------
Re: Comments, Suggestions......
By: AndyMacFAIL Date: April 15, 2012, 12:08 am
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Anybody here have contact with Joshpr?
He hasn't visited here or at the White Sox board in over 2 1/2
months.
I hope nothing bad has happened to him.
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Re: Comments, Suggestions......
By: Phill23 Date: April 15, 2012, 12:53 pm
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Haven't heard from him either in a long while. I miss him as
well.
I was looking forward to having him here talking basketball and
the Sox.
I think I have his email addy. I'll give him a shoutout if I
have it.
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Re: Comments, Suggestions......
By: Phill23 Date: April 15, 2012, 12:55 pm
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Like to welcome HowardMDoan to the forum.
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Re: Comments, Suggestions......
By: Phill23 Date: April 26, 2012, 1:17 am
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Plan to fix Postal Service passes Senate
Jennifer Liberto @CNNMoney
April 25, 2012: 5:49 PM ET
The Senate on Wednesday passed a plan to save the struggling
U.S. Postal Service, an effort that could save thousands of jobs
and 100 mail processing plants now slated to be closed or
consolidated next month.
In an unusual showing of bipartisanship, the Senate voted 62-37
to throw a lifeline to the indebted Postal Service. Without
help, the Postal Service would otherwise cut Saturday service,
delay mail delivery and close hundreds of postal processing
plants and post offices, triggering thousands of job cuts
nationwide.
"My hope is that our friends over in the U.S. House, given our
bipartisan steps we took this week, will feel a sense of
urgency," said Sen. Tom Carper, a Delaware Democrat, one of the
Senate bill's co-sponsors. "The situation is not hopeless, the
situation is dire."
The House has yet to take up a different bill to reform the
Postal Service. However, Rep. Darrell Issa, a key Republican on
postal service legislation, called the Senate bill "wholly
unacceptable," in a statement released Wednesday.
Congress faces a deadline of May 15, when a moratorium on postal
closures expires.
The recession, declining mail volume and a congressional mandate
to prefund retirement health care benefits have put the service
in a bind. It reported a $5.1 billion loss for the year ended
Sept. 30.
The Senate bill, offered by members in both parties, forces the
Postal Service to ease off part of its plan to slow down the
delivery of first-class mail, the kind of mail that most
consumers use.
The bill makes controversial changes, including cuts to workers'
compensation benefits, as well as a transition from door-to-door
delivery to curbside delivery in some areas, such as suburban
neighborhoods.
The Senate bill also prevents the Postal Service from cutting
Saturday delivery for two years, until the agency can prove such
a cut is needed as a "last resort."
During debate on the postal bill the past two days, the Senate
agreed to order the Postal Service to postpone the May 15
expiration of a moratorium on closures until the House passes a
postal service bill.
The Senate also agreed to cap executive pay of high-ranking
postal officials to that of Cabinet officials, $199,000.
(Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe made $384,000 last year.)
The cost of the Senate bill could prove a major sticking point
with the House. The Congressional Budget Office says the bill
would cost $33.6 billion over 10 years.
The tab comes from increased borrowing authority for the Postal
Service, allowing it to borrow $11 billion more from Treasury.
The Postal Service can currently borrow up to $15 billion, and
has tapped $12 billion of that loan.
The other cost comes from elimination of regular billion-dollar
payments, now required by law, to Treasury to pre-fund health
care benefits for retirees. That $23 billion would ease
financial pain for the Postal Service, but it also means less
revenue to ease federal deficits.
Several Senate Republicans, including Sen. Bob Corker of
Tennessee, said they voted against the bill, because it wasn't
paid for in an appropriate way.
Earlier this year, the Postal Service said it was doing away
with overnight delivery of many kinds of first-class mail,
opening the door for closing 223 mail processing plants at a
cost of 35,000 jobs.
The Senate bill would force the Postal Service to maintain some
one-day delivery of first-class mail, mostly for items mailed
within the same processing area -- saving 100 mail processing
plants.
The Senate bill would also tap most of an estimated $10.9
billion overpayment in the Federal Employees Retirement System
to pay down postal service debt and use up to $2 billion on
buyout packages to entice long-time employees to retire.
Unions oppose the Senate bill, saying it doesn't provide a good
long-term business model.
"We are very disappointed that the Senate approved such a flawed
bill, but we are determined to continue the fight for
legislation that will provide a path to long-term viability for
the Postal Service," said Fredric V. Rolando, president of the
National Association of Letter Carriers.
The U.S. Postal Service is, by law, an "independent
establishment" of the executive branch. The agency doesn't
normally use tax dollars for operations, except for its $12
billion loan from Treasury.
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Re: Comments, Suggestions......
By: AndyMacFAIL Date: October 31, 2013, 10:57 pm
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Since Derick Rose is back on the court, I figured it was time to
replace this:
HTML http://ballertainment.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/Derrick_Bench.jpg
with this:
HTML http://i666.photobucket.com/albums/vv23/K_M_A_2/CBCF/DR2a.png
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Re: Comments, Suggestions......
By: Phill23 Date: November 23, 2013, 1:57 am
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Looks good!
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Re: Comments, Suggestions......
By: Phill23 Date: August 11, 2025, 11:24 pm
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Wiping the dust off.....
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