On 7 Jul 2004 08:58:13 -0700,
[email protected] (Ronde Champ) wrote:
>Hey,
>
> Why does the US federal Government support a bike team in France? I
>work hard for my money, and think the taxes I pay could be better
>used. What a Boondoggle!
>
>Thanks,
>Ronde Champ
At the risk of being trolled, especially in light of this being my
annual post to rbr, I offer this (which I'm sure many have seen). It
would appear USPS ****ed up yet again. Maybe if they'd kept their
collective noses clean...
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The Lake Worth Herald, in a July 2003 editorial wrote, "Shouldn’t the
post office be directing its efforts into more efficient mail
delivery, more cost savings within the organization, better ways to
deal with for-profit competitors and leave the heavy duty sponsorships
to private businesses which can properly track the effectiveness of
said campaigns?"
In 2002 the newspapers filed three Freedom of Information (FOIA)
requests with the USPS for expenses of postal executives attending the
Tour de France race in Paris.
The newspapers learned that more than a dozen postal executives spent
tens of thousands of dollars on first class airfare, luxury hotel
suites and in Paris’ finest restaurants.
"On July 3, 2001, then Vice President of Sales Gail Sonnenberg, and
her husband Robert Maddern, manager of post office operations in the
Washington DC metropolitan area, flew to Geneva, one day after the
USPS raised postal rates."
"During less than one month, she expensed nearly $20,000 to the post
office for two roundtrip flights and $1,020 a day hotel charges among
other expenditures," the newspapers reported.
Asked by the Herald/Observers at the time if he paid his own hotel and
expenses while in Europe, Maddern responded, "It’s none of your
business."
http://www.postalwatch.org/news2004/2004_03_24_au_revoir_lance.htm
C.