by David Lybrand
My internet handle has been Reactor for almost 20 years. The roots of that handle come from: 1) my relentless work ethic; and 2) my strong social media reflex impulse. The connection to an album by musical sage Neil Young (whom I venerate) also comes into play. Around the time I became a full-time resident here I expanded it to Key West Reactor. So if you see that on a blog comment or in a forum somewhere, it’s almost certainly me. (Unless it’s something that really pisses you off, in which case I may claim that it was hijacked.)
I bring all this up within my Blue Paper introduction, because in my head I’m calling this column “Key West Reactions”. I have every intention of keeping this column as local as possible. Though I routinely express solid political opinions, I’ll try to leave them at the door. I want to talk local issues and tell local stories, of interest to those of any political stripe.
One story I’m working on dates back to the 1800s, yet involves today’s city operations— but I’ll save that for next time, when I have the whole column available to tell it. This time I’ll devote the rest of my space to review an issue near and dear to the Blue Paper: bicycle scofflaws. Let’s pay another visit to the ongoing Key West problem with careless bicyclists.
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