A New Conversation About Light Rail: FORGET OAKLAND COUNTY

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I think he's proposing a reactionary "Plan B" while not all together abandoning talks with Oakland County, or at least, he should be.

This is exactly what I'm saying. Right now, most people seem to walk on eggshells in trying to appease Oakland County. Well, that's fine if you want to be at Patterson's mercy when it comes to getting things accomplished. We don't have the time to wait around for one man to have an epiphany about regional progress. The region only has a few cards left to play. Tough decisions have to be made, and if some people refuse to make them, the rest of us can't sit on our hands waiting for them to come around while things continue to deteriorate. I would love Oakland County to be part of the solution, but if that's not going to be possible, the rest of the region can't just stop making plans. OC has a lot of resources, but they are not the end-all/be-all of Southeast Michigan. I mean this when it comes to many issues, but I am a young person with growing wealth and I live in Wayne County, in the City of Detroit. If OC want's to keep it's position as big dog on campus, they'll have to start pushing back against me and thousands more like me. I'll leverage whatever influence I have to see that things get done.