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Honorable Patrick Leahy Chairman, Senate Committee on the Judiciary United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary 224 Dirksen Senate Office Building Washington, DC 20510 Honorable Lamar Smith Chairman, House Committee on the Judiciary United States House of Representatives 2138 Rayburn House Office Building Washington, DC 20515 Re: Upholding and Defending the Constitution Dear Chairman Leahy…

Randy Levine, President Brian Cashman General Manager New York Yankees Yankee Stadium East 161st Street River Avenue Bronx, NY 10452 Gentlemen: When I was growing up in Connecticut, I’d listen with pleasure to Mel Allen’s radio broadcasts of the New York Yankee games. The commercials were reserved for the commercial breaks – between half innings.…

Dear President Obama: Can you imagine President George W. Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney refusing year after year to go a few blocks from the White House and address the largest congregation of supporters, Republicans, conservatives, corporatists – call them what you will – and getting away with it? Well, that is what you…

At the Occasion of the Introduction of the “Catching Up To 1968 Act of 2012” Legislation to Raise Minimum Wage to $10 Per Hour It is time that we catch up with the 1960’s and raise the minimum wage to $10 per hour. Think about that sobering fact for a second. Even by raising the…

Dear President Obama: On June 5, 2012, hundreds of thousands of your supporters, including firefighters, police, nurses and teachers will go the polls to recall Governor Scott Walker, the arch-reactionary, the opponent of the basic right of collective bargaining and many other decent, established policies. Political observers are saying that if the Republicans defeat your…

Dear Mr. Chambers: You have once again skewered shareholder value this week with your predictable gloom, that historically belies the contrary reality in Cisco’s steady increase in sales and profits and in so doing raised questions about your leadership. Why do you, for example, feel so compelled to follow quarter after quarter of greater sales…

Says that the U.S. Postal Service’s New “POSt Plan” Is Not Good News for Rural Post Offices or Their Customers For More Information Contact: Ralph Nader or Jeff Musto 202-387-8034 Consumer watchdog, Ralph Nader, today said, “The Postmaster General’s Post Office Structure Plan (“POSt Plan”) is a bait and switch tactic, and is not good…

Consumer Advocate Ralph Nader Questions the Postmaster General’s Latest Strategy to Preserve the Nation’s Small Post Offices Expresses Concern About Reducing Post Office Hours and Slashing Postmasters’ Jobs Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe today announced a new strategy that he claims could keep the nation’s smallest Post Offices “open for business.” Nader noted the Postmaster General’s…

Condemns Postmaster General Donahoe’s Calls for Service Cuts, Post Office Closings, Job Cuts For More Information Contact: Ralph Nader or Jeff Musto 202-387-8034 Consumer Advocate Ralph Nader today called for Postmaster General Donahoe’s resignation. Several consumer non-profits joined him in this letter, including Public Citizen, Consumer Action, the Gray Panthers, and Essential Information. The Postmaster…

Dear Mr. Donahoe, You are actively presiding over the demise of one of our country’s greatest founding institutions. The U.S. Postal Service is an institution that was conceived by Benjamin Franklin and which has succeeded brilliantly over the generations to service, connect, and allow the people of our land to communicate with each other anywhere…