R wiid joining Medford mayor Randy sparacino and criticizing the US Postal Services consolidation of a Medford Mail facility last August the USPS announced it would Outsource a portion of operations at the Medford Mail processing and distribution center to Portland as part of us Postmaster General Lewis de Joy's 10-year plan the consolidation means all mail must be sorted in Portland before it's available for delivery today at Medford City Hall Senator widen mayor sparacino and Schilling of the American Postal Workers Union Local 342 condemned the consolidation slow mail delivery speeds and concerns over election ballots being postmarked on time were two of their top concerns I just think this consolidation scheme defies common sense it just seems to be asinine even by government standards it is time to stop mail Madness Schilling says the Medford Mail facility is slated to Los around 30 30 jobs through attrition us Postmaster General dejoy has agreed to Halt some consolidation plans across the country amid similar criticism senator weiden says he's calling on him to follow suit here in southern Oregon you can hear hear more from Senator weiden about the recent postal changes and much more in our Monday five on five feature interview you can see it now on kobi5.com