Walt helps save an Idaho institution

The backcountry and our state’s rugged wilderness is very much a part of Idaho’s great way of life. But that way of life came under attack by Washington bureaucrats when they decided to suspend critical air-mail service to remote regions of Idaho’s First Congressional District. That is, until Walt Minnick got involved.

The decision to terminate the contract was made at Postal Service headquarters in Washington, more than 2,500 miles away, said Al DeSarro, a spokesman for the U.S. Postal Service Western Region in Denver. “They probably did not understand,” DeSarro said. “The initial decision was made with the thinking that there was going to be an acceptable alternative.”

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