Let’s get to the important work of the American people: naming post offices. President Trump put his spiky signature on three bills for such designations Tuesday, but one stood out.
Brace yourselves, country music fans. There’s now a post office in Bakersfield, Calif., named for the legendary singer Merle Haggard, who was born just north in Oildale.
House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy, a Republican who represents California’s 23rd District, sponsored H.B. 1988 designating the Spanish-style facility at 1730 18th St. as the Merle Haggard Post Office Building.
Haggard, who died in April 2016 at age 79, was known for songs like Okie from Muskogee and Fightin’ Side of Me that “spoke…
