{"id":18524,"date":"2011-09-15T19:06:28","date_gmt":"2011-09-15T19:06:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationalgrange.org\/?p=386"},"modified":"2011-09-15T19:06:28","modified_gmt":"2011-09-15T19:06:28","slug":"national-grange-president-details-opposition-to-proposed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vps70863.inmotionhosting.com\/~nationalgrange\/national-grange-president-details-opposition-to-proposed\/","title":{"rendered":"National Grange President Details Opposition to Proposed Elimination of Saturday Mail"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" align=\"center\"><strong>BOISE, Idaho <\/strong>&#8212; On Tuesday, National Grange Master Ed Luttrell, of Sandy, Ore., appeared before the Idaho State Senate Agriculture Committee to discuss the Grange \u2019 s opposition to the proposed elimination by the U.S. Postal Service of Saturday mail delivery. Idaho State Grange President Donald Johnson, of Meridian, Idaho, introduced Luttrell, who had testi\ufb01ed before the Postal Regulatory Commission in September. Luttrell told committee members that The Grange feels the proposed mail service reduction would be detrimental to the lives of those living in rural areas.<\/p>\n<div align=\"justify\">\n<p>&#8220;Idaho, like many of the western states, has a large rural population that relies on the U.S. Postal Service for many critical items such as prescription medications and livestock vaccines, as well as day-to-day business correspondence,\u201d Luttrell said. \u201cThere is no population that relies as much on regular mail service than our folks living and doing business in rural and remote areas.\u201d Luttrell said he hoped his comments to the committee would help them to understand the grassroots nature of The Grange. \u201cThe policies and efforts of The National Grange are re\ufb02ective of the members across the country, and our members look to us to advocate on their behalf on issues such as the Postal Service \u2019 s proposed reduction of service,\u201d Luttrell said. On March 24, the Postal Regulatory Commission posted their advisory opinion regarding the reduction of mail service from six to \ufb01ve days a week to the U.S. Postal Service. In that opinion (PRC Docket No. N2010-1), the PRC said USPS overestimated their savings through such a move by about $1.0 billion and neglected to evaluate the impact the proposal would have on customers who reside or conduct business in rural, remote or noncontiguous areas.<\/p>\n<p>Established in 1867, The National Grange is the oldest agricultural and rural community service organization. The Grange, a nonpartisan, nonpro\ufb01t fraternal organization, has evolved into the nation \u2019 s leading rural advocacy organization, a major benefactor to local communities and a local social center, in many instances. There are more than 200,000 members across 37 states. Top national priorities are published in The Grange \u2019 s annual Blueprint for Rural America, located online along with more information about The Grange.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BOISE, Idaho &#8212; On Tuesday, National Grange Master Ed Luttrell, of Sandy, Ore., appeared before the Idaho State Senate Agriculture Committee to discuss the Grange \u2019 s opposition to the proposed elimination by the U.S. Postal Service of Saturday mail delivery. Idaho State Grange President Donald Johnson, of Meridian, Idaho, introduced Luttrell, who had testi\ufb01ed &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/vps70863.inmotionhosting.com\/~nationalgrange\/national-grange-president-details-opposition-to-proposed\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;National Grange President Details Opposition to Proposed Elimination of Saturday Mail&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1803,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18524","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-national-grange-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>National Grange President Details Opposition to Proposed Elimination of Saturday Mail - The National Grange<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/vps70863.inmotionhosting.com\/~nationalgrange\/national-grange-president-details-opposition-to-proposed\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"National Grange President Details Opposition to Proposed Elimination of Saturday Mail - The National Grange\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"BOISE, Idaho &#8212; On Tuesday, National Grange Master Ed Luttrell, of Sandy, Ore., appeared before the Idaho State Senate Agriculture Committee to discuss the Grange \u2019 s opposition to the proposed elimination by the U.S. Postal Service of Saturday mail delivery. 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