Comments on: Sebastopol planners recommend complete ban on drive-thrus

By: Bill me

Bill me — Mon, 28 Jan 2013 16:27:29 +0000

Toll booths at every exit from Sebastopol. All those folks who pollute our air driving from Sebastopol to shop and work in Santa Rosa and Rohnert Park should be paying their fair share of our road costs. They continue to conduct social engineering experiments that are anything but friendly towards the overall environment. Ridiculous appointments to the Planning Commission will perpetuate the misguided lunacy of Sebastopol policies and “anti-economic development”. Toll booths.

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By: John Claeys

John Claeys — Sun, 27 Jan 2013 16:56:19 +0000

They will regret this decision, as in the next few years all cars manufactured will have engines that “shut down” when
at idle.

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By: mixed nuts

mixed nuts — Sun, 27 Jan 2013 05:16:20 +0000

“The land in the core of the city is precious, too precious to give up to drive-thrus,” Luthin said.

Yet an empty tent, formerly known as “occupy Sebastopol”- a progressive propaganda palace, with faded, dripping, grafitti style spray paint is still taking up space without paying a dime in the middle of the town square, and the new Barlows development has all the charm of an outlet mall.

Precious.

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By: bear

bear — Fri, 25 Jan 2013 21:46:25 +0000

If you hate democracy, you can always vote the City Council out of office.

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By: Q213

Q213 — Fri, 25 Jan 2013 20:07:57 +0000

Fence off Sebastopol and let them have it. I thought politicians were elected to handle real issues. This gaggle apparently want to be social directors. Why should grandmothers have to walk thru rain to get her meds or why should people have to worry about finding parking during there lunch breaks? The list can go on but it does really matter in Twilight Zone. I’ll just risk getting mugged by taking my business to Santa Rosa.
Joint

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By: David Wells

David Wells — Fri, 25 Jan 2013 16:07:22 +0000

Wahh!

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By: Larry White

Larry White — Fri, 25 Jan 2013 03:46:00 +0000

Typical dumb idea, no drive-thru’s!

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By: James Bennett

James Bennett — Fri, 25 Jan 2013 03:23:32 +0000

“The land in the core of this city is too precious for drive throughs.”

It takes more real estate to provide parking for potential drive thru customers.

The only way to make sense of a lot of this crap is to know where it comes from and why.

I hope by now many have connected the dots.

It’s like having a government within our governments.

If it wasn’t so serious, it would be funny.

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By: Van

Van — Fri, 25 Jan 2013 01:59:29 +0000

I suggest banning driving through and giving Sebastopol business. They can add “business free zone” to their list of zones.

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By: Dave

Dave — Thu, 24 Jan 2013 05:37:14 +0000

Once again, the dumb City Council sucking heavily on the Mayor’s marijuana…

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By: Steveguy

Steveguy — Thu, 24 Jan 2013 02:55:39 +0000

So, after I bring my Mom to the doctor, I can’t drive up to the pharmacy with a ready filled called ahead order ?

If it’s a hot day, can I leave my Mom in the car while I walk in, or is that not as bad as a dog or a baby ?

If my legs don’t work very well, do you want to see me struggle into the store/bank so that you can be satisfied of the ‘diversity’ of us cripples ? How dare you !

Maybe my 84 year old Mom needs a bike and make her ride it. That’s the ticket !

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By: Phil Maher

Phil Maher — Thu, 24 Jan 2013 01:00:23 +0000

Wow! There’s so much talking and other BS going on in Sebastopol about this and other supposedly eco-friendly restrictions that the whole thing probably is developing a measurable carbon footprint all its own. I would be willing to bet that once any kind of ordinance is actually worded and put into effect, I could tell Armstrong and CVS how to easily circumvent it in less than a paragraph…or, with the exception of a few nut jobs and Luddites that remain, maybe if you drive away enough of the people that actually enjoy the conveniences of modern society, you could have a really “green” city…that green just not being because you’re flush with tax revenue. Hell, the Amish probably even fear Sebastopol.

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By: Grapevines

Grapevines — Wed, 23 Jan 2013 21:01:59 +0000

One can only hope that Armstrong Development of Sacramento sues the city of Sebastopol for so much that the commission and city council can’t afford to buy the aluminum foil hats they wear to ward off the microwave transmissions from the PG&E smart meters and wifi units.

Santa Rosa is paying out $240,000 for trying to do a similar “end around” on builders (gee, I wonder how many potholes $240,000 would fill?)

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