There was a great celebration on Monday in the Marin County community of Bolinas as mail was being delivered to their town again, thanks to one man’s persistence and just a touch of public shaming.
On Feb. 4, 2023, the Bolinas post office, which had operated in a building on Brighton Avenue for 60 years, shut down over a lease dispute with the property owner, planning never to return. After that, residents had to make a 40-minute round-trip trek to another town to pick up their mail.
“We’re a small town,” said resident John Borg. “We have no mayor, we have no city attorney. We’re just, like, regular people trying to figure this out.”
Borg decided he wasn’t going to just accept it. He organized a letter-writing campaign and erected a sign at the entrance to town proclaiming “DAYS WITHOUT A BOLINAS POST OFFICE” with number placards that he would update every morning.
