The next morning, I sent the fire records to Daniel Reed and the cooperative board.
I didn't send them to the newspaper. I didn't attach a statement about Grant. I wrote only that the pages had been found in the cooperative's files and should be reviewed before any public account of the fire.
At noon, I emailed the board my resignation as executive director.
The board called an emergency meeting.
I arrived with the letter printed on letter-size paper and laid it beside the coffee urn. Sam read it while the others settled into their chairs.
"You can't resign with three weeks left on the lease," he said.
"I can. I'm giving six weeks' notice."
"We don't have a replacement."
"You have people who know how to run the shop."
"We have people who know how to run the machines. You're the on
