postal& postal shootingsJan 28 2007 07:59 pm
Goleta Postal Shooting One-Year Anniversary
KEYT 3 (Santa Barbara, CA.) reports
It’s been nearly a year since a deadly shooting rampage in Goleta shattered a community. Tuesday marks the one-year anniversary of the tragic Goleta postal shooting massacre that left eight people dead.A somber private ceremony to remember those killed will be held Tuesday afternoon at the Goleta postal facility where the shooting occurred.Olive trees will be planted, each honoring a life lost.
L-R:: Charlotte Colton, 44, Ze Fairchild,37, Nicola Grant, 42, Maleka Higgins,28 Dexter Shannon, 58, and Guadalupe Swartz,52.
Related link: News stories on 2006 Goleta postal shootings
January 31st, 2007 at 12:16 pm
They should keep it private when a manager says stupid things like this.
“The hurt will never go away and perhaps it shouldn’t. Perhaps it should serve as a reminder for us to enjoy every day, for us to take time to care about each other and love each other.”
February 4th, 2007 at 7:39 am
That’s not stupid, it’s the truth. Death makes us appreciate life, or at least it should. You never know when you’ll be gone.
April 5th, 2007 at 6:08 am
too bad they did’nt kill more supervisors–what a waste–they had the opprtunity but blew it
May 11th, 2007 at 6:47 am
look at the bright side–it moves you up in seniority!!
April 9th, 2008 at 8:15 am
Post Office Promotes Hostility and Violence
I retired from the Post Office in Baltimore Md. in November of 2007. I worked there 22 years and was a Supervisor of clerks and mail carriers for 20 years.
The Post Office’s Management style never changed in 22 years. When I started working at the Post Office it was in the middle of some of the most horrific massacres and violence in Postal and Corporate history. The term “Going Postal ” was coined during this period. Why does the Post Office feel that like war, casualties are a part of doing Post Office Business and although unfortunate, necessary to complete our mission.
Is this insanity at the helm of our Postal ship or a well thought out reasonable approach to keeping the Post Office in the black? I say insanity. We are talking about mail. Bills,checks,advertisements,magazines and parcels. How and when did these 5 postal services become more important then human life.
The Post Office in Baltimore daily manages through fear and intimidation. Upper Manager’s reward supervisor’s and unit Manager’s who give out the most discipline and incur the most grievances from angry, fed-up employees. Much of the time so few employees want the thankless job of supervisor that many get promoted who were difficult and unreliable as craft employees. These people have no Management skills and are put in charge of dozens of people. They buy into stressing out the employees to get maximum results, which is achieving numerical goals that allows upper management to get large yearly bonuses and bragging rights as a top District.
This has to change. People are too vital to the Post Office to be regarded as casualties of war when violence strikes. This Postal cover-up has to be exposed and extinguished. How has it been able to go on this long? Why do we need to have another massacre before this issue is resolved?
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