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.

I absolutely love my drive thru westamerica bank!

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!
:heart:
Rev. BE

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Posted in reply to the post by lindasw:

I absolutely love my drive thru westamerica bank!

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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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Posted in reply to the post by Allorrah Be:

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!
:heart:
Rev. BE

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