My last post may have left the impression that I hold L. Brooks Patterson, or the lack of a Macomb County chief executive, responsible for the lack of regional transportation in the Detroit metropolitan area.
That impression is only partly accurate. While I do think that Patterson, for example, has been an impediment, I do not particularly think he has done anything "wrong." His view, for what it is worth, is that what is good for Oakland County is good for Oakland County, and what is good for the Detroit area is not necessarily good for Oakland County.
Put another way, it is "Oakland County First and Only." And that mindset, deeply ingrained in this metropolitan area has been the greatest impediment to developing a coherent regional transportation system, or regional cooperation itself, on a broader scale. This is not a zero sum game. If something is "good" for Detroit, it does not, by definition, make it "bad" for Oakland County. But that is the mindset of many politicians and residents in the Detroit area. ..
So, given the mindset, I perfectly understand the viewpoints of the Oakland County Executive, and the Macomb County political leaders. I just disagree with the mindset.
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