New Panthers QB Teddy Bridgewater plays the game his own way TheThe CharlotteCharlotteTHE VOICE Post PostOF THE BLACK COMMUNITY SINCE 1906 WEEK OF AUGUST 13, 2020 VOLUME 46, NUMBER 49 WWW.THECHARLOTTEPOST.COM $1.50 Lawmaker demands new postal leader By Herbert L. White
[email protected] U.S. Rep. Alma Adams wants Postmaster General Louis DeJoy re- turned to sender. The Charlotte Dem- ocrat and colleague Peter A. DeFazio (D- Oregon) are calling for DeJoy’s resignation or firing after he launched a flurry of reassignments of Postal Service officials Adams last week. DeJoy, a major financial donor to President Donald Trump’s campaign, has no previous experience with the postal service, which is struggling to remain solvent under cutbacks PHOTO | GAGE SKIDMORE VIA FLICKR and competition from commercial U.s. Sen. Kamala Harris’ nomination as the Democrats’ vice presidential pick could energize Black and women voters in North Carolina. delivery services. Adams and DeFazio led a letter signed by 130 lawmakers support- ing the Postal Service. “The United States Postal Service In battleground NC, Harris was established by our Constitu- tion, and this year it will play an unprecedented role in guarantee- ing our right to vote,” Adams said. “However, Postmaster General lends demographic muscle Louis DeJoy continues his uncon- stitutional sabotage of our Postal Joe Biden’s pick for vice president could energize women and Black voters Service with complete disregard for the institution's promise of the By Herbert L. White dates might not have been able to do,” moment – and it is one of the most sig- ‘safe and speedy transit of the
[email protected] Davidson College political science pro- nificant steps forward I’ve seen in my mail’ and the ‘prompt delivery of fessor Susan Roberts said.