Carlisle Borough Councilman Ronald Clippinger is organizing citizens and merchants he hopes will persuade the U.S. Postal Service to replace at least some sections of fence. We're not demanding anything. We're going to suggest that if the post office is willing to do its part, we're willing to do our part as citizens. Clippinger hopes to meet with a representative of the U.S. Postal Service this month. A furor erupted earlier this year when eight-foot aluminum security fences were erected behind the post office on West Louther Street and around an employee parking lot across the street.
Critics say such fences clash with the historic district.
Clippinger says his group will ask the postal service to replace the sections of fence that front on North Pitt and West Louther streets with new ones made of wrought iron and brick pillars. A previous effort failed to persuade the post office to replace the fences, which were erected as part of the post office expansion and renovation. The group's goal is to implement a community vision of what people want the region to become over the next 15 to 20 years. But when the discussion turned to replacing township government with a county-based system, Supervisor Joseph Capuano interrupted. Barbara Groce, president of Capital Region Chamber of Commerce, said some people on the Envision task force that developed the goals were from other states that have county-wide government.