After losing their post office for over two years due to a dispute, Bolinas residents celebrated the announcement of a new post office opening by Fall 2025. Local activist John Borg expressed that the approval amid government cutbacks is astonishing. The community's efforts highlight the potential impacts of postal privatization on rural areas, emphasizing fears of reduced services and increased costs. The reopening signifies a major victory and a regained sense of normalcy for the 1,200 residents reliant on postal services.
The sign has been a charming, if sad, reminder to the 1,200 or so residents of Bolinas of the loss of their beloved post office, which was booted from its downtown building amid a spat between the U.S. Postal Service and its longtime landlord.
For this to be approved during the massive federal cutbacks of the Trump administration, it's really somewhat astonishing for a lot of us,
That includes reduced retail operations, delays and inconvenience, increased prices ... [and] more focus on bigger communities that can deliver more profit.
In Bolinas - a haven for poets, painters, writers and actors - residents got creative in their push to reopen the post office.
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