Rolling Pin Squad Defends USPS in Palo Alto

Photos by Bob Ulius. Please credit the photographer.

On August 22, decades long voting rights activist Gail Sredanovic said, "We must defend the essential services provided by the U.S. Postal Service, including our ability to vote by mail. Today we are pushing back against the Trump administration's attacks in front of Palo Alto's historic downtown post office."

Members of the Raging Grannies Action League, founded in Palo Alto in 2001, wielded rolling pins and other kitchen implements and symbolically defended the post office on the steps of the building. The excitement they generated led protesters to join them in stopping traffic on Hamilton Ave in front of popular post office.

The action in Palo Alto, which drew over 100 demonstrators, was part of a nationwide mobilization at post offices across the country. Speaker LaDoris Cordell, former Independent Police Auditor for the city of San Jose, called on Postmaster General Louis DeJoy to resign in the wake of mail slowdowns and demanded a full reversal of the changes he made including the return of all removed public mailboxes and sorting equipment.