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A proposal by the United States Postal Service could mean you may no longer have to worry about checking your mailbox on Saturdays. The Postal Service submitted their cost-cutting proposal to the Postal Regulatory Commission yesterday. Under the plan, mail carriers would stop street deliveries to U.S. homes and businesses on Saturdays, as well as pickups from blue collection boxes. Mail would still be accepted at post offices on Saturdays, but it wouldn't be processed until after the weekend. Gainesville post master Bill Logeson says this proposal will save money and it won't negatively affect service. In addition to cutting one day a week from the delivery schedule, the proposal would eliminate nearly 8 percent of the workforce's jobs. Logeson says the postal service is struggling financially and the weak economy is causing an even heavier burden. Logeson says cutting Saturday mail delivery could save billions of dollars. The new delivery schedule will be implemented by the first half of 20-11 if approved by congress and the regulatory commission.