Exclusive: L. Brooks Patterson hooks up buddy’s firm with lots of jobs
Firm of Patterson’s long-time friend receives county contracts while simultaneously helping Patterson pump millions of dollars into his campaign war chest.
L. Brooks Patterson accuses New Yorker reporter of shallow hit piece
The Oakland County executive said the reporter misled him and his office about the focus of the article.
Civil rights leaders to L. Brooks Patterson: ‘Come to the hood’ and apologize
“We don’t want you just to apologize with your lips. We are calling for you to apologize with your actions.”
L. Brooks Patterson: ‘Anytime I talk about Detroit, it will not be positive’
Just when you think you’ve heard it all from Oakland County Executive L. Brooks Patterson, the fiery Republican comes back with something even more obscene and divisive.
Charlie LeDuff interviews dead politicians for Fox 2 News in search of solutions for Detroit
If there’s any journalist in Detroit with access to dead politicians, it’s Charlie LeDuff.
Brooks Patterson: A golf club, tweets & drinks
More than 85 tweets, a golf outing and cocktails. It was a busy day for Oakland County Executive L. Brooks Patterson on Tuesday. The bubbly, wise-cracking Republican was participating in the Oakland County Executive Golf Outing, a fundraiser for business development. What most impressed us wasn’t his eloquent stroke but his 85 tweets during one […]