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    Good-bye to the Drive-thru - a poem

    Last night, the Sebastopol Planning Commission voted to recommend a complete ban on new drive-thrus in the City of Sebastopol. It also voted to apply the ban to current projects that have not reached the stage of having a building permit and beginning construction.

    This is great for Sebastopol. Now it will be up to the Sebastopol City Council to enact a permanent ban on these environmental nightmares.

    To that end, I submit the following poem:


    Darkness is upon us,
    the hour is late,
    and the drive-thru now
    awaits its fate

    I'll make every effort
    to be brief
    so as not to cause you
    undue grief

    The purpose was once noble,
    the idea once thought good,
    and that is why
    so many have stood

    But time marches on,
    and now we are smarter,
    we have learned so much,
    that it shouldn't be harder.....

    To say "good-bye" to these vestiges
    of the past, which are so responsible
    for excess greenhouse gas

    What was once thought convenient
    we now know is not,
    so you really don't have
    to give it much thought

    Just stick to the plan
    and vote "yes" for the ban
    so pedestrians and the environment
    will win in the end

    I could go on,
    but I'm getting tired
    about why the drive-thru
    should be retired

    But I have so much faith that this council
    will do the right thing
    that I will say no more -
    not even one thing.
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    Re: THE DRIVE -THRU ISSUE!

    I absolutely love my drive thru westamerica bank!
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    Re: THE DRIVE -THRU ISSUE!

    Many times when I've been stuck in traffic on Bodega/Sebastopol Avenue and pass that drive thru I have wondered how in the world people ever get out of that driveway because the traffic is so dense right there! Do you go there at "non-commute" times, or perhaps walk there? Sorry you apparently won't like the action of these people who have made the decision to ban future drive thru windows. Coming to consensus on issues is not always easy, and certainly not here in West County! I do hope you will respond, and solve the mystery for me!

    Rev. BE

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    Re: THE DRIVE -THRU ISSUE!

    i have to say that i am happy with the decision of no more drive thru allowed in our rapidly growing town...but, the convenience of getting to drive thru a full-service bank and speak to a human [anywhere] has become a rare thing in itself. so kudos to westamerica for keeping it open!

    truth be told, its because of the kindness of other gentle and considerate drivers that keeps the exiting out of that driveway from being a nightmare--and i find myself there at all times of the day EXCEPT during commute hours at the end of the day. thanks to those kind-hearted folks behind the wheel who wave us on and let us out!


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    Many times when I've been stuck in traffic on Bodega/Sebastopol Avenue and pass that drive thru I have wondered how in the world people ever get out of that driveway because the traffic is so dense right there! Do you go there at "non-commute" times, or perhaps walk there? Sorry you apparently won't like the action of these people who have made the decision to ban future drive thru windows. Coming to consensus on issues is not always easy, and certainly not here in West County! I do hope you will respond, and solve the mystery for me!

    Rev. BE
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