It came as a surprise. We heard about it from one of our city councillors. It was totally out of the blue for me. I had heard nothing. I thought, “Well, before I jump in with my own views, I'd better find out what our business community thinks of it.” As I said earlier, I expected a lot of “motherhood and apple pie” type of feelings about having a post office in our downtown. There were a few statements about how important it was as a heritage thing, how important it was, years and years ago, for a community to actually have a post office and what it meant to the growth and stability of the community. It was that important.
Today, although there is some heritage connection, it is primarily that they are using it and depending on it. They were almost panic-stricken at the thought that someone would take it away.