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Sweet Baby Jane

Beach Lover
Sep 20, 2008
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We really are due for a summit with the U.S. Post Office and County. We started to get some resolution to issues some years ago, but that has lingered. Time to get Walton County post office addresses and issues addressed!!! I think Walton County Citizen Services can help us. Time to call.
Dune Laker this is the first I've heard about "Walton County Citizen Services." Where are they located??? Would you happen to have their phone number handy???

Thanks,
SBJ
 

DuneLaker

Beach Fanatic
Mar 1, 2008
2,643
521
Eastern Lake Est., SoWal, FL
The number for Citizen Services Director Ken Little listed on page A6 of the Walton Sun is 850-892-8530. litken@co.walton.fl.us He is a great guy and has been helpful in regards to this issue in the past. We citizens now need to renew the interest in correcting and improving our Walton County postal addresses and service. Ken has worked with the U.S. Post Office before, if I recall correctly.

We have issues all over the place. Some people in Sandestin or Miramar Beach don't know they aren't stuck using the Okaloosa County Destin address anymore. Some in Choctaw Beach have a Niceville, Okaloosa County address. Those in Inlet Beach or WaterSound may be hampered with a Panama City Beach, Bay County address. Those in the Paxton area may even have an Alabama address!! Those near Ponce de Leon are also stuck with or use the Holmes County address. There are others that need to be corrected to Walton County place names and zipcodes. With the approaching 2010 census and following redistricting, we need to be sure we're counted correctly. Funding and fair representation will be based on those numbers. It is very important we get an accurate count.
 

jensieblue

Beach Fanatic
Jun 2, 2005
575
129
77
on a lake in the woods
Do not live in your area but had similiar experiences with USPS. I called and set up appt. with my post office supervisoe and found them to be extremy helpful and wanting to correct any probs. My interactions with her led me to conclude that there had been problems but with no information to confirm or to point to location of the problem, she was stumped. We set up periodic communication and problems quickly diminished. I do not blame any one step of the mail delivery process...It simply was a matter of ambiguity and a new employee that was hesitant to ask. Just let them know you are having problems and you knew they would want to resolve any problems...How could you help?
 

Matt J

SWGB
May 9, 2007
24,861
9,665
I have to say we have had good luck but they did pull a fast one on me a few months back. I was out front not 20 yards from the mailbox and the delivery driver pulls up, waves, deposits the mail and moves on. I walk to the box and there is a 'sorry you were not home because we have something you need to sign for' slip in the mail. She didn't even try to deliver that signature required mail:bang:

They never send them out with the carrier for some reason. Maybe because they are not USPS employees, but contractors.
 

Matt J

SWGB
May 9, 2007
24,861
9,665
JOE says it's an exclusive thing to have our very own Watersound, FL address with the 32461 zip code. I think I speak for a lot of my neighbors when I say I'd rather have reliable and simplified delivery services.

It is exclusive, you have to pay for the specialized zip code. Rosemary and Bay Point also pay for the service.
 

scooterbug44

SoWal Expert
May 8, 2007
16,706
3,339
Sowal
That's what's funny about it. Rosemary and Watersound have the same 32461. It's more like Mail Boxes Etc. than your exclusive Town. Who are they kidding?
The people who think a gate that everyone in town has the code for keeps them "secure". ;-)
(this applies to all gated communities on 30-A BTW)
 
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ShallowsNole

Beach Fanatic
Jun 22, 2005
4,279
857
Pt Washington
I know and like most of our local postal service employees. This makes me hesitant to say anything negative, as I know I get riled when folks talk about local county employees. Still, there is something very wrong with the system somewhere. Last year, I mailed two sets of football tickets to two different addresses in DeFuniak Springs, directly from the Santa Rosa Beach post office. This was done on the Tuesday preceding the game. They did not arrive until the Thursday AFTER the game. :pissed:

In my job, there is at least one account each month, usually more, that mails me their form and payment in a pre-addressed envelope with the correct bar code, and it just absolutely doesn't get here. This creates a lot of work, embarrassment and inconvenience for me and the other party.

And then there is the seven miles of 32413 on the east end. That's just ridiculous. :bang:
 
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