U.S. POSTAL SERVICE
If it wants to skip a day, make it Mondays
James Lileks had a good column on Feb. 15 about what Presidents' Day really means. Not much, he concluded. I, however, think the fact that the Post Office is closed should be instructive.
We have just experienced one of what will be several more federal Monday holidays this year. It will be the first since we heard of the U.S. Postal Service's proposal to not deliver mail on Tuesdays. Imagine if that law were already in effect. We would not get mail, as usual, on Sunday, or on Monday Presidents' Day, or on Tuesday. That's three days in a row without any mail delivery.
If it's necessary to cut out a day, why not choose Monday, a day we're almost used to, rather than go to another weekday that will mess up a lot of schedules?
It seems to me the powers that be often forget that "service" is one of the words in their name, which might be more popular with the public if in fact it gave us better service.
STELLA RILEY BENDER, OSAKIS, MINN.
PEGGY GREER'S FINANCES
A different experience with PFI and a guardian
I read the lengthy Feb. 15 front-page article about the 86-year-old lady whose finances were decimated ("2 years and $672,808 gone). It implicated PFI, a conservator/fiduciary business.
Our developmentally disabled son who resides in a western suburb would have been on the street or under a bridge were it not for the staff at PFI. He has been a client since the mid-1990s. PFI helped him through many changes. It always acted in his best interests, and not once did we feel he was not being cared about or cared for. His health took a downward turn 17 months ago, and it went way beyond the normal boundaries to make sure that he got the best medical treatment. From our nearly 20-year association, I truly cannot see any of its staff abusing any client in any fashion: financially, morally, legally.
CYNTHIA SMITH, STEUBEN, WIS.