FILE - In this Thursday, Feb. 7, 2013, file photo, U.S. Postal Service letter carrier, Jamesa Euler, delivers mail, in Atlanta. The financially struggling Postal Service is seeking a 3-cent increase in the cost of mailing a letter, bringing the price of a first-class stamp to 49 cents. (AP Photo/David Goldman, File)

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Re 鈥淯rbanist鈥檚 dreams foiled by big-city governments鈥� (Sept. 8): In California, labor unions, specifically the public sector, donate abundant amounts of money to legislators who in turn deliver the legislation...