October 20, 2011
Alderwoman Milele Coggs, 6th District, expressed her appreciation for the impressive turnout on a rainy and windy evening.
State Senior Spencer Coggs, 6th District, spoke of how important it was for the People to express their concerns through the surveys and comments. He spoke of being a supporter of "shared sacrafice" when we must solve problems. However, he said that his district, District 6, was the only district receiving the closings.
Supervisor Willie Johnson, 13th District, echoed the importance of the constituents taking this opportunity to make their voices heard.
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MILWAUKEE - On October 19, 2011, approximately 125 people attended a Community Meeting regarding the "possible" closing of the MLKing site located at 2650 N. MLKing Drive and the Teutonia site located at 2656 N. Teutonia.
It was clear after the Opening statements of Paul Nistler, Acting Post Master, and two staff members engaged in the overview of the Proposal to Close - cost, lease-own sites, internet impact, use, surveys and compilation of data for the federal office; that the Milwaukeeans - residential, commerical, social, were not pleased.
Some of the many comments regarding the way the closings have been designated were:
-- Why would you harm the community?
-- We have seniors who depend on the postal service.
-- Taking the postal is taking the dignity from the neighborhood.
-- The majority of the people in the two postal areas do not have access to computers.
-- Why isn't it a shared effort where each place (city-town-etc.) loses a postal - not just the African American areas on the northside of Milwaukee?
Mr. Stribley(spelling of name ?) - veteran and long time resident, 55 years on 7th Street, stated it was plain and simple, "biased".
-- Ms. Rose said that the numbers did not add up.
The meeting was held October 19, 2012 at:
HeartLove
3229 N. MLKing Drive
6-8pm
Topic: Closing of MLKing and Teutonia sites
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On Monday, October 18, 2011, U.S. Congresswoman Gwen Moore had a press conference and noted-pointed out that all the closings were concentrated in African-American neighborhoods.
She asked the constituents of the areas to show up to one of three public hearings and voice their opinion.
Other dates
October 20, 2011
HeartLove
3229 N. MLKing Drive
6-8pm
Topic: Closing of MidCity and Parklawn
October 27, 2011
Villard Square Library - Milwaukee Public Library
5190 N. 35th Street
5:45 p.m. to 7:45 p.m.
Topic: Closing of Hampton Station
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