The Colorado Sun notes that even in these politically divided times, one topic has united Buena Vista: frustration with the local U.S. Postal Service office.
Residents complain that prescriptions are lost. Bills come late. Mail goes to the wrong post office box or is inexplicably returned to the sender.
“A joke.” “Terrible.” “Insane!” residents have fumed in a local Facebook group documenting six years of complaints.
But the real rub is the cost: Buena Vista residents have for decades paid for post office boxes, while those living just outside town limits get mail delivered to their home for free. The latest affront came earlier this year when residents learned their annual rates would be nearly doubled—to $134 for the smallest box.
In Buena Vista, residents have no choice but to pay for a post office box. They don’t get mail delivered to their homes, don’t have cluster boxes and don’t get the no-fee post office boxes that the Postal Service advertises.
