A year after buying his dream home in Los Angeles, Gary Gless started falling down and breaking bones. Fourteen years and one thousand doctors visits later, his neuromuscular disorder hasn’t been specifically diagnosed. He survives on painkillers and sleep aids.
Handcuffed by the Postal Accountability and Enhancement Act of 2006, one of America's greatest institutions and employers is seeing its doors shuttered and sold off to private entities across the country. While the corporate spin is that this bloated bureaucracy can't compete with email, there are very real reasons why the post office needs to exist now and in the future.