Mayor’s New Executive Order Bans Drive-Thrus on Weekends—Guess Who’s Not Thinking?
As if we don’t have enough to deal with, our mayor just signed an executive order banning all fast-food drive-thrus on weekends, starting next month. What’s the “reasoning”? To “reduce idling emissions” and “encourage walkable neighborhoods.” Oh, and to “support local businesses.” Meanwhile, I’m still waiting for them to fix the potholes on Main Street that have been swallowing tires since last winter. So now, if you have a busy Saturday or a family with kids who need a quick meal, you’re supposed to park, unbuckle, and walk inside with toddlers in the rain because “common sense” says we should force everyone to be a pedestrian on their days off. It’s a classic move: make life harder for the average working person, pat yourself on the back for “environmental action,” and pretend this executive order won’t just push people to the strip mall down the road with a different town’s sign. Who’s going to clean up the extra trash from people eating in their cars in the parking lot? Not the city, I’ll tell you that. Wake me when someone with common sense gets elected.