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On the recordFebruary 9, 1999
one of the most exciting issues that has arisen in this new year has been that of livable communities. It received prominence in the President's State of the Union address. Just this last week, on Friday, it was the feature article in the National Journal. The Saturday New York Times front page political memo had again an issue about livable communities. It is in large part an expression of how government can be a partner with citizens, with the business community, to try and really achieve what it is that Americans deeply care about because, at heart, Americans care when their children go out the door in the morning that they are safe, they want that family to be economically secure, they want them to be healthy physically and in terms of their environment. One example of that partnership that can make a difference for livable communities is the impact that the local post office has on small and medium sized communities particularly around the country.
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Earl Blumenauer
Democratic · Oregon

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Discussing the importance of livable communities and the role of local post offices.

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