The New Branch Organizer
It’s all fun and games until someone gets their eye poked out
Michael, Joe, and I were leaving for Detroit, maybe for summer camp, maybe forever, each of us scrambling for money and rides. Meanwhile, the Los Angeles I.S. Branch was being “reorganized” by the the Detroit Executive Committee, what you could describe as our High Council.
The E.C. figured our youthful Red Tide energy— a.k.a/ 24/7 devotion— would be best applied under their supervision. Our newspaper was moving with us; there would be no more Los Angeles Red Tide— instead, the Detroit Unified School District was about to have its collective student body mind blown. Yahoo! I only had two months left ‘til school got out and I counted the days.
Stan Holmstrom moved to Los Angeles from the Seattle branch in April, to become the new L.A. branch organizer. More “orders” from on high. He drove straight from the airport to show up at one of our Teamster organizing meetings with a six-pack. He was taking over from Mary and Duncan, and I couldn’t …