FIRST IN PLAYBOOK: NOT THE PONY EXPRESS

FIRST IN PLAYBOOK: NOT THE PONY EXPRESS — A delegation of 12 California House members, led by Democratic Rep. Jim Costa, sent a letter to the U.S. Postmaster General Louis DeJoy on Friday, demanding the agency beef up its number of mail-delivery trucks on the West Coast.

The lawmakers said Postal Service customers on this side of the country could suffer from service delays due to a shortage of modern delivery trucks relative to the East Coast. “Such disparities not only compromise the efficiency of our postal services but also underscore a worrying inequity in resource distribution nationwide,” the lawmakers wrote in their letter, which was exclusively shared with Playbook.

They requested an immediate reassessment of how the USPS distributes its carrier vehicles to ensure facilities on the West Coast aren’t neglected.