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Restore Lahaina Postal Services

2026-09-02 Issue 139 Showing 1–1 of 1

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Jill N. Tokuda

Democrat

“I want the post office to deliver mail to each house. Cluster mailboxes are bad. The post office should not close. They did not ask us. People need their mail at home. The fires were bad. Don't make it worse.”

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Mr. Speaker, 3 years after the Lahaina wildfires, survivors are rebuilding and finally returning home. They should be welcomed back and not told that the basic services they had before the fire are now gone. Yet, the United States Postal Service is denying street delivery to rebuilt homes and forcing residents to use cluster mailboxes instead. That is a slap in the face. A cluster mailbox is not a welcome mat for families who fought to come home. It is an insult. Now, adding insult to injury, the U.S. Postal Service is considering permanently closing the downtown Lahaina post office damaged in the fires, with little notice and virtually no meaningful community input. The United States Postal Service needs to restore home delivery, stop the closure, and listen to Lahaina. Our community has already lost enough. Recovery means restoring what was lost, not taking more away.

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