Congressman: Capistrano Post Office to Remain Open
By Jonathan Volzke, The Capistrano Dispatch
Capistrano's small Post Office will be spared the budget axe and remain open, according to Congressman Ken Calvert, who represents the area.
The town of 35,000 rallied a letter-writing and publicity campaign to save the Paseo Adelanto postal station after it showed up on a list of 650 postal facilities nationwide that were being studied for closure as the Postal Service grapples with a budget shortfall. But Capistrano residents complained their nearest postal facilities are several miles away, and the closure would create more traffic and other headaches.
In a letter to a constituent dated September 22, Rep. Ken Calvert, R-Riverside, said Capistrano had been taken off the possible closure list.
"At this time I am happy to report that the Postal Service is not reviewing postal operations at the San Juan Capistrano station," Calvert says in the letter. "The local post office in San Juan Capistrano is simply too valuable to the community to be shut down."
He credits residents' response in helping the Postal Service make the decision.
While the office will remain open, operations inside are changing just a little bit: The lobby stamp machine has been removed, so those needing stamps should do so during counter hours or get them from a supermarket or other outlet.
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My wife Patricia and I were also notified by Congressman Ken Calvert in a personal letter that "The local post office in San Juan Capistrano is simply too valuable to the community to be shut down. Thanks to your efforts, the Postal Service was able to make this determination" We respect Congressman Calvert for writing to us about this decision. He listened to all of us who contacted him.