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Continued from page 1
Published on July 05, 2007
Postal service spokesperson Debra Fetterly says contractors serve only 9300 delivery points from Pompano to Key West, compared with two million served by regular letter carriers (none of whom are being laid off) in the same area. She also says contract workers are required to pass the same tests as regular letter carriers: criminal history reviews, fingerprinting, a driving background check, and, beginning July 31, drug screening.
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Miami Beach, commission candidate, smear campaign, United States Postal Service, disgruntled mailmen, Miami-Dade County Medical Examiner Department, county morgueIf there's any satisfaction to be found, it might arrive in Washington (zip code 20510), where Congress may soon consider the Mail Delivery Protection Act of 2007. Don't hold your breath. -- Deirdra Funcheon
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