Tax Day at USPS: They don’t file ’em like they used to

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www.dailycamera.com – Brian Sperry, a 30-year employee of the U.S. Postal Service, recalls a simpler time, when Hillary Clinton still lived in Arkansas and Tax Day was a “three-ring circus” at post offices across the country.

“People would line up in their cars,” said Sperry, now a regional spokesman for USPS. “Some post offices would hand out free pizza, free ice cream. It was a really big deal.”

There will be no refreshments Wednesday, though. No lines around the block. In fact, filing by mail is now so unpopular that all but one Boulder County post office will hold regular hours Wednesday, unlike the days of yore, when one could cruise in as late as midnight to drop returns in a collection box.

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