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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWe may be able to finally kick DeJoy to the curb next month.
The term of Postal Board of Governors member John McLeod Barger, a Trumper, expires December 8. This could allow Biden to flip the weight of the board from 4-5 to 5-4 on a vote to oust DeJoy.
SheltieLover
(57,073 posts)Sherman A1
(38,958 posts)hlthe2b
(102,225 posts)he should be ousted, fully investigated, and charged for his corruption/double-dealings. Without fail. Without delay.
2naSalit
(86,536 posts)His activities of self interest may qualify as racketeering.
True Blue American
(17,984 posts)Make him pay back every Penney. A jail term would not hurt for cheating the Post Office.
The damage Trump did to this Country is unmeasurable.
usaf-vet
(6,181 posts).... trashed on day one. Including high-speed mail sorters ($$$?). And other equipment to keep mail on time.
THEN bill him for every penny of wasted taxpayer dollars for destroyed equipment. Then charge him for any crime he may have committed. Then toss him in federal prison. Then cut off the mailing privileges while in prison. Then CANCEL ANY CONTRACT he entered into with private companies.
Then let one of the female postal employees kick him in the balls just for the hell of it.
niyad
(113,259 posts)True Blue American
(17,984 posts)GoCubsGo
(32,079 posts)They should allow at least one from every branch to kick him in the nuts. I whole-heartedly agree on the rest, especially making that corrupt POS pay for replacement equipment. All those contracts should be cancelled immediately, too.
usaf-vet
(6,181 posts)2naSalit
(86,536 posts)USALiberal
(10,877 posts)LymphocyteLover
(5,643 posts)Grasswire2
(13,568 posts)...and who are not only diverse, but already confirmed.
Board chairman Ron Bloom's term also expires Dec. 8. He cannot have another holdover term. He's been loyal to DeJoy, who invested $300,000 in Bloom's investment fund!! Appointed by Trump, loyal to DeJoy.
Help is on the way.
[link:https://www.democraticunderground.com/100215910380|
Orange Buffoon
(188 posts)Grasswire2
(13,568 posts)He was originally appointed to fill out the term of someone who left with a year or so remaining, and then he was given a "HOLDOVER" year (it expires Dec. 8).
Despite him being a nominal Dem, he has been loyal to DeJoy and perhaps the $$$ DeJoy paid into his investment fund has something to do with that.
Orange Buffoon
(188 posts)Grasswire2
(13,568 posts)...but it does say that he is serving a partial term that will end in Dec. 2022. Another year.
[link:https://about.usps.com/who/leadership/board-governors/donald-moak.htm|
Donald L. Moak was appointed to the Postal Service Board of Governors by President Donald Trump and was confirmed by the Senate on June 18, 2020. Moak will serve for the remainder of a seven-year term that expires on December 8, 2022.
Moak is a co-founder and Chief Executive Officer of The Moak Group, a public affairs, advocacy, and business consulting firm. He brings to the board, extensive experience within the corporate, labor, and political worlds. Throughout his career, Moak has also been a leader for change in the air transportation industry and international policy.
During his time as a pilot, pilot leader, and association leader, he helped ensure the future of American aviation and aviation jobs. He advocated for numerous policy changes related to international and domestic aviation policy and was a prominent spokesperson for aviation safety and effective aviation policy.
Moak began his career in government service when he attended the United States Marine Corps Officer Candidate School in 1977. He served as a Marine Corps and Navy fighter pilot, retiring from military service in 2001 after holding the ranks of Captain in the United States Marine Corps and Commander in the United States Navy.
After his time on active duty, Moak worked as a B-767 Delta Air Lines captain and served as president and chief operating officer of the Air Line Pilots Association. He also served on both the AFL-CIO Executive Council and Financial Oversight Committee for the AFL-CIO Transportation Trades Department; had a seat on the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) NextGen Advisory Committee (NAC); and was a member of the FAA Management Advisory Council (MAC) on management, policy, spending, and regulatory matters.
Moak is a graduate of the University of West Florida.
Latest update: July 2021
Grasswire2
(13,568 posts)druidity33
(6,446 posts)Geitner or Lieberman or dare i say, Manchin...
Grasswire2
(13,568 posts)...and Louis DeJoy paid his investment firm $300,000. So likely a DINO, yes.
former9thward
(31,981 posts)Maybe you could prove that. He was originally appointed by Obama to serve in the Obama-Biden administration. He previously was with the United Steelworkers Union. Yes, Trump appointed him to a Democratic position on the Postal Board because presidents can't just appoint their own party members to that board.
Grasswire2
(13,568 posts)True, we don't know that he's loyal to TRUMP. He simply is "tickled pink" (his words) at the performance of Louis DeJoy as Postmaster, and supports him 100 percent.
[link:https://takeonwallst.com/2021/10/usps-ron-bloom/|
]https://www.alternet.org/2021/08/dejoy/
[link:http://postalnews.com/blog/2021/10/08/today-77-groups-called-on-president-biden-not-to-reappoint-ron-bloom-to-the-usps-board-of-governors/|
Text of above letter:
Dear Mr. President:
We write to express our disappointment with the current direction of the United States Postal Service under Postmaster General Louis DeJoy and the Chair of the Board of Governors, Ron Bloom, in particular. With Mr. Blooms holdover term expiring in December, we implore you to chart a new direction for the Board rather than allowing continuation of the failed leadership of the current Chair.
Mr. Bloom has repeatedly supported plans for the Postal Service that erode the service standards expected by the American people. We therefore ask you to take action to ensure that the Board is led by a new appointee who will advance the interests of the American people with regard to leadership of the Board.
Since he became Chair earlier this year, Mr. Bloom has used his leadership position to back Mr. DeJoy in proposals to charge more for mail, while at the same time slowing mail delivery, and other policies counter to the best interests of American consumers. Mr. Bloom has continued to stand by Mr. DeJoy despite failures in Mr. DeJoys leadership and widespread concerns among the public and Congress. Notably, even before he was chair, Mr. Bloom was a member of the Board of Governors that failed to ensure that Mr. DeJoy was properly vetted to be hired for the post in the first place.
The many failures of Mr. DeJoys leadership are well documented: He made abrupt service changes in the middle of the pandemic that forced postal trucks to leave processing plants empty. The changes directed by Mr. DeJoy delayed the delivery of peoples important mail, including checks, medicines, and even ballots. And DeJoys harmful changes came at a time when a disproportionate number of Black, Indigenous, and other people of color were already facing numerous difficulties utilizing the USPS. His actions required judicial intervention to attempt to restore adequate service. Later, an independent analysis by the Postal Service Inspector General faulted Postmaster General DeJoy for adopting the changes without first undertaking any studies of the potential impact on the American people. There is no evidence that Mr. Bloom or the other Board Members appointed by Trump intervened in that crisis.
Under Mr. DeJoys leadership, performance problems during the peak holiday season led to packages piling up in facilities across the country in ways that had not happened under the prior Postmasters General. He failed to staff up sufficiently for the anticipated record holiday season, as the competing private carriers had done. When Mr. DeJoy appeared before Congress to be held accountable for his actions, he was combative about the impact of these changes on Americans during the pandemic and at the height of a closely contested election.
Earlier this year, the Postmaster General stood next to Chairman Bloom to unveil a 10-year plan to make significant changes to postal operations. However, instead of taking this opportunity to expand the services and reach of the USPS to create new revenues and public services in order to stabilize USPS for the future, Mr. DeJoys plan would detract from its functioning, in particular, by slowing delivery and increasing costs to consumers. Experts have noted, and recent history has demonstrated, that reduction in service and price increases lead to lower volume and increasing irrelevance, rather than cost savings. While the plan met with widespread concern from the Postal Regulatory Commission, in Congress and in the general public, Mr. DeJoy and Mr. Bloom have continued to advance the plan.
It is worth noting that as you nominated new Governors to fill the Board, Chairman Bloom worked to speed up the service changes. The Board adopted the plan before the new nominees could vote or offer input on elements of the plan.
Aside from Mr. DeJoys plans to make the Postal Service less responsive to consumers needs and expectations for speedy and reliable mail, ethical questions about Mr. DeJoys conduct continue to mount. The FBI is investigating allegations of illegal political fundraising by Mr. DeJoy while at his former logistics business. In addition, the Washington Post reported that a company formerly run by Mr. DeJoy and with which he maintains financial ties recently received a staggering $120 million contract from the USPS raising additional ethical concerns.
In addition, a recent Washington Post investigation reported that Mr. DeJoy has invested more than $300,000 in Brookfield Asset Management, where Chairman Bloom is a partner. Mr. Bloom has stated that he does not benefit financially from the transaction. But because private equity funds are opaque by design, the public has no way of verifying how Chairman Bloom is compensated by Brookfield.
Despite overwhelming evidence that mail service has declined during DeJoys tenure, Mr. Bloom has enthusiastically defended DeJoys leadership and management of the USPS. In an interview, Mr. Bloom said: [DeJoy] is the proper man for the job. He will have my support until he doesnt. And I have no particular reason to believe that he will lose it.
Rather than pushing back against disastrous policy proposals and ethical lapses, Mr. Bloom has used his position as Chairman to empower and enable Mr. DeJoy. His tenure as Board chair has been marked by one of the most controversial periods in the history of the Postal Service, during which countless Americans have experienced inadequate service and the reputation of the Postal Service has declined in the eyes of many.
The Biden Administration should not reward this failed leadership with a new term. Instead, please take this opportunity to correct the course of the Postal Services future by moving expeditiously to nominate a replacement for Mr. Bloom who will be forward-looking and more representative of the postal workforce, and will not rubber-stamp the disastrous policies of Mr. DeJoy.
We cannot afford USPS leadership that does not appreciate the importance of prompt, reliable, and affordable postal service for the American people.
Sincerely,
National Organizations
9to5
American Association of People with Disabilities
Americans for Democratic Action (ADA)
Americans for Financial Reform
Asian Pacific American Labor Alliance, AFL-CIO
Autistic Self Advocacy Network
Black Womens Roundtable
BOLD ReThink
Center for Popular Democracy
Center for Responsible Lending
Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW)
Clearinghouse on Womens Issues
Coalition on Human Needs
Communities and Postal Workers United
Community Change Action
Daily Kos
Democracy Initiative
Demos
Empower Clean
Equal Justice Society
Feminist Majority Foundation
Friends of the Earth
GLSEN
Greenpeace USA
Jobs with Justice
Matthew Shepard Foundation
NAACP
National Action Network (NAN)
National Association of Human Rights Workers
National Coalition on Black Civic Participation
National Community Reinvestment Coalition
National Council on Independent Living
National Council of Negro Women
National Fair Housing Alliance
National Urban League
NETWORK Lobby for Catholic Social Justice
People For the American Way
PFLAG National
Prison Policy Initiative
Revolving Door Project
RuralOrganizing.org
The Save the Post Office Coalition
Save Us Now Inc.
Social Security Works
Southern Poverty Law Center
Strong Economy for All Coalition
Take on Wall Street
The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights
True North Research
UnidosUS
Voices for Progress
Working Families Party
State/Local Organizations
Alaska PIRG
Clean Elections Texas
Cleveland Jobs with Justice
Detroit Branch, NAACP
Fayetteville Police Accountability Community Taskforce
Feminists in Action Los Angeles
Indivisible South Peninsula
Indivisible California Green Team
Indivisible CA-33
Indivisible California Green Team
Indivisible East Bay
Indivisible Eastside (WA)
Indivisible Madison WI
Indivisible Media City Burbank
Indivisible San Francisco
Indivisible San Jose
Indivisible Sonoma County
Indivisible South Bay LA
Indivisible Ventura
Mainers for Accountable Leadership
Missouri Action Alliance
Oakland Retiree Chapter APWU
Save the Berkeley Post Office Committee
Stand Strong LA Indivisible
Venice Resistance
cc: Senator Gary Peters, Chair, Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee
Representative Carolyn Maloney, Chair, Oversight and Reform Committee
Source: Today, 77 groups called on President Biden not to reappoint Ron Bloom Take On Wall Street
PatSeg
(47,399 posts)Make it so!
lame54
(35,284 posts)Paladin
(28,252 posts)CentralMass
(15,265 posts)cstanleytech
(26,281 posts)AllaN01Bear
(18,154 posts)likely , not .
snort
(2,334 posts)It would be nice to see the PO take up banking again as well.
I think banking would be a wonderful service
Nululu
(840 posts)Can he be sued for the millions in property they destroyed?
Auggie
(31,163 posts)AngryOldDem
(14,061 posts)rurallib
(62,406 posts)Because if they can, they will
Tribetime
(4,684 posts)He is the center of the universe in his own mind you know
lastlib
(23,213 posts)One obstacle: Senate confirmation is required. So, will the Senate confirm a Biden appointee? Is it possible that a Teddy Cruz or other GOP asshole (redundancy, I know) could block a nomination? If so, it could still take months to get the futhermucker ousted.
Orange Buffoon
(188 posts)lastlib
(23,213 posts)Good luck hitting such small targets.......
George II
(67,782 posts)...in 2016, a few months before Obama left office.
NurseJackie
(42,862 posts)...in 2016, a few months before Obama left office.
I often wonder what would have happened if he had not done so.
ailsagirl
(22,896 posts)live love laugh
(13,100 posts)calimary
(81,220 posts)Kick DeJoy to DeCurb!!!
Dark n Stormy Knight
(9,760 posts)in our ranks.
Grins
(7,212 posts)Unless his replacements name is known to the Senate committee right now, were talking months. Too damn late.
Blue Owl
(50,349 posts)twodogsbarking
(9,732 posts)Response to Orange Buffoon (Original post)
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quakerboy
(13,919 posts)All 6 Trump appointees have declared their support for dejoy and his plan. there are 3 Biden appointees. We need two more to have a majority.
But last I checked, Biden hasnt even indicated an interest in replacing dejoy, to the best of my knowledge.
Vinca
(50,261 posts)SKKY
(11,803 posts)...took over. I mean, my mail gets delivered more or less when it is supposed to. So, I have no real sense that DeJoy has managed the Post Office poorly. But, I know he's crooked and has used it to fatten his own pockets, so yea, fuck that guy.