During his Wednesday night annual address, Oakland County Executive L. Brooks Patterson dug his heels in and reiterated his opposition to a regional public transit tax. His county narrowly voted against a 2016 regional transit millage, by just a little more than 1,000 votes.
"I want you to know that as long as I'm county executive, I will respect the wishes of the voters of the select nine Oakland County opt-out communities," he said. "I will not betray them and slip some, or all of them, against their will, into a tax machine from which they can expect little or no return on their investment."
Patterson's remarks were met with a standing ovation, according to The Detroit News.
Never mind the fact good regional public transportation was widely cited as a reason why Amazon took a hard pass on Detroit's bid as a potential location for its second headquarters.…