For Immediate Release Thursday, May 10, 2012

Contact: Patricia Guillermo (202) 225-2531

MORE THAN 2 DOZEN RURAL POST OFFICES TO REMAIN OPEN IN CONGRESSMAN RUBN HINOJOSA'S DISTRICT
Congressman Rubn Hinojosa announced that 29 United States Postal Service (USPS) Post Offices, 20 of which were marked for closing, will remain open however the hours of service for the 29 will be shortened. Last December 19 of the rural post offices in Hinojosa's Congressional District 15 were scheduled to remain open at least until May 15, 2012. This new decision by USPS means postal service will continue. "This is the responsible and right thing to do for all of our postal workers and our rural residents who rely on their local post offices," said U.S. Rep. Hinojosa. "I along with other members of Congress fought long and hard to prevent the closing of our rural post offices and I was extremely relieved that our mail processing center in McAllen was able to remain open saving over 100 jobs. We sent a letter (see attachment) directly to the Postmaster General letting him know how necessary and how important our post offices are in our communities." Here is a list of the 29 Post Offices in District 15 which will remain open with the proposed new hours of operation: Austwell - 4 hours Bayside- 4 hours Berclair- 2 hours Concepcion- 4 hours Edroy- 4 hours Encino- 4 hours Fannin- 2 hours Gillett- 4 hours Hargill- 4 hours Hobson- 2 hours

La Villa- 6 hours Linn- 4 hours Meyersville- 2 hours Nordheim- 4 hours Normanna- 4 hours Panna Maria- 2 hours Pawnee- 4 hours Pettus- 4 hours Realitos- 4 hours Runge- 6 hours Sandia- 6 hours Skidmore- 6 hours Thomaston- 2 hours Tivoli- 4 hours Tuleta- 4 hours Tynan- 4 hours Weesatche- 2 hours Westhoff- 4 hours Whitsett- 4 hours

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