— from Sandy Strehlou —
This morning, Sunday, August 23, 2020, Friday Harbor residents turned out to show support funding for the USPS, and to protest any attempt by the Trump administration to rig the 2020 elections through mail and election tampering.
Yesterday the House of Representatives passed legislation to provide $25 billion in funding ahead of an expected surge in mail-in ballots in November. Twenty-four Republicans crossed the aisle to vote with Democrats in a 257-150 vote, illustrating bi-partisan support for the USPS.
Mitch McConnell has stately publicly that the legislation won’t pass in the Senate. However the House vote proves that Senate Republicans are vulnerable on this issue, and that public pressure could swing the vote to protect both the USPS and the elections.
Orcas and Lopez: Join us! Post your own photos.
Send this or your town’s image and message to your friends, family, and Facebook friends, and encourage them to make their own photos to post and send. Forward it to your elected representatives and those Senators in swing states so that they feel the heat now when it counts. We can do this.
Love this show of local support. Our USPS folks are terrific, part of our community and essential service workers. Art Speaks… as do letter-writing and mailing the messages! And everyone appreciates a Thank You Note.
Would it be more journalistic to label this “Guest Opinion,” or to edit slightly the point of view and provide citation rather than imperative? I am appreciative of the coverage.