May 12, 2005

Dear People of Acheson Ventures,

  You have sparked much positive development on the Southside, with housing projects, seaport, and festivals.  But what is going on with the Port Huron post office having to move?  Jim Acheson has done good things for the Southside, but when your group {from the CSX deal?} acquired ownership of the land under the post office, why would you want to move it?  {I’m assuming the U.S. post office didn’t already have plans & taxpayer funds in place to build a brand new facility close by.}

Mr. Acheson, and many others are commendably tying to bring new life to this area, but think for a moment.   What place, right now, brings the most people, from all walks of life, north & south, on an almost daily basis, to the Southside?  Isn’t it the U.S. post office?  It is the central hub of routine activity.  Lets not make the mistake of moving it out to some township as if it were a jail.  Please let me know what your thinking on this is, and what you would propose for a Desmond Landing that would keep this venerable mail delivery facility central in our community.  Thanks for your consideration.

Yours truly,

 Michael McCarthy PA-C

Blue Water Pax Christi

2714 Stone St .

Port Huron , MI   48060

810 982 2870

mccpax@advnet.net