Oakland County Executive L. Brooks Patterson was honored Monday evening as one of Governing magazine’s “Public Officials of the Year” during a dinner and reception in Washington D. C. Patterson, who has been county executive since 1992, was among nine state, city and county leaders from across the United States who exemplified the ideals of public service, according to the Washington D.C.–based magazine. He was the lone county official honored at the dinner at the Willard Intercontinental … [Read more...]