Patterson Will Return to Work at Oakland County Office Tuesday
'This is where I belong,' said the county executive, who continues to recover from injuries he received in an August car crash.
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Almost 12 weeks after being seriously injured in a car crash, Oakland County Executive L. Brooks Patterson will return to work at his Waterford office this week.
Patterson is scheduled to return to the office Tuesday. He will conduct a meeting with his deputy county executives and directors, then address the media Tuesday afternoon, according to his communications officer, Bill Mullan.
“As I enter the next phase of my physical rehabilitation, I will resume my daily duties at the Executive Office Building,” Patterson said in a statement. “This is where I belong.”
Patterson was injured Aug. 10 when the Chrysler 300 he had been riding in was struck by another vehicle at the intersection of Opdyke and Walton roads in Auburn Hills.
He suffered a broken hip, leg, ankle, five ribs and both wrists. He spent a total of five weeks at McLaren Hospital and was then released to a private location for rehabilitation.
In an interview with Patch last month, Patterson said his daily physical therapy routine consisted of mostly weights and "toning" exercises. He said he has spoken to members of his staff daily while in rehabilitation.
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Judy Borchardt
2:20 pm on Monday, October 29, 2012
I think Patterson's vehicle struck the other vehicle who was making a left turn in front of his vehicle.
Haulin T Male
2:26 pm on Monday, October 29, 2012
J B, What? r u talking about? That driver is in court on the tickets he was given, one for turning as on coming traffic had the right away........ if Pat. car did the hitting, how did Pat. car drivers door get caved in? .......... there was an on going blog on this for weeks.............
atoz
11:10 am on Tuesday, October 30, 2012
Funny how the other driver got slapped with a slew of charges, one which I have never heard of; something to the effect of "imparing bodily function of another driver". All that for a fender bender, and only slapped with all these charges because the passenger was Brooks. I have a real sour feeling about this and I don't think it is right for a man to have his reputation tarnished because he got in an accident. Again, only because Brooks was in the car were all these tickets/charges slapped on the other driver. And as I recall Brooks driver was speeding excessively. What a joke. Tell me again what exactly Brooks has done that is good for Oakland County lately? Seems he has grown too comfortable in his position of power and it is time for him to go!
Ferndale_1986
11:57 am on Tuesday, October 30, 2012
the man needs to get a life.
73 years old and he has nothing better to do than go to an office every day?
very sad.
Laura Vogel
2:40 pm on Tuesday, October 30, 2012
I'm not sure what you mean by that. He holds an elected office, and so he is duty-bound to go to work every day. Unlike many of our elected officials who think their job was merely to get elected and to then spend the day doing everything BUT the job they were elected (and are being paid handsomely) to do. I can't speak to whether Mr. Patterson does or doesn't ordinarily show up at the office every day prior to having needed to recover from this accident, but I'd rather have him at the office than sitting at home collecting a paycheck, or, worse yet, out campaigning to get the next biggest thing because his current full-time paid elected office is apparently no longer interesting enough to him.
Haulin T Male
8:00 pm on Tuesday, October 30, 2012
hey ferndale, some people work till they are 90, one reason they made it to 90..............I wouldn't judge some one else by your standards........... you will have to work till in your 70's if your lucky.........
Racer Boy
4:12 pm on Tuesday, October 30, 2012
RS-
Have you been living in cave or watching MSNBC? The other driver was clearly at fault as reported by several witnesses and by his OWN testimony. In addition, The Patterson car had it's on-board computer checked by authorities and it was, in fact, NOT speeding. In addition, Patterson was issued a ticket for not wearing a seatbelt. In the future, do us all a favor, and do some homework of your own before enggaging your uninformed brain
atoz
10:11 pm on Wednesday, October 31, 2012
Racer Boy, you must have been watching Fox news.
Three charges slapped on the other driver and “We want them to be in a condition to deal with the ticket if they are issued one, out of respect for them,” Gagnon said. - You think others get this same treatment?
http://www.freep.com/article/20120822/NEWS03/120822017/crash-l-brooks-patterson-chrysler-300-auburn-hills-Anthony-Prainito-misdemeanors
Lianne Mathie
9:12 am on Thursday, November 1, 2012
Patterson driver was speeding. Do your homework.
Lianne Mathie
1:31 pm on Thursday, November 1, 2012
http://detroit.cbslocal.com/2012/08/27/reports-pattersons-driver-was-speeding-in-crash/
He was doing 54 in a 45 MPH zone, sorry you only read what you want to read. It's recorded on the cars computer, need more proof?
Mark Itall
7:43 pm on Tuesday, October 30, 2012
Actually it isn't sad at all. It is wonderful that we have a dedicated public servant that likes what he does.
Racer Boy
11:23 pm on Wednesday, October 31, 2012
RS-
What is your point? You were totally wrong about the speeding issue and the other driver was ticketed for his traffic infractions. Patterson got his seatbelt ticket once he was conscious and out of his coma. Are you on drugs?
Racer Boy
10:18 am on Thursday, November 1, 2012
Lianne-
Can you help us all here, what source do you have for the speeding charge?
Haulin T Male
10:55 am on Thursday, November 1, 2012
Racer Boy,
I think I know.
Some retched scribe, picked up on what a Chrysler in house mechanic, or an out side mechanic said. bout ""THE BLACK BOX" So some blogger's have taken that as Legal and binding . Which of course it is not. Just how accurate the black box reading is?? as defined in a court of law. would these he speeding , want to be ticketed, the same way.? by a third party, "oh he was speeding" so you get a ticket for how much, and how accurate? remember black boxes are to help engineers find out what is, was, wrong at time of not moving. So design can improve......... the box is program as it is assemb. does it ever get re qualified, another words, "ZERO'd" back to a known, a constant, ?" as a 50 yr old, do you go in and have your heart requlified? back to normal.?
These people who take some thing and run with it are just like Back Yard Fence Talk, like, what's going on, "I heard da da and da" but he is still in there? gossip.... lol
Haulin T Male
11:22 am on Thursday, November 1, 2012
"Speeding" speeding means what? not what you think so much, in general. Road Speed is set using, traffic counts, number of egresses & accesses , the road condition (smoothness) , the comfort ability of drivers to maintain their speed. just the feel of the environment What does all that mean, license to speed? not quite.......... two examples.....
1) Rochester Rd, say in the 50's - 60's , two lane, with center passing lane. speed limit. (?) 30 at most, might of been 25. How did it get to what it is now? road design , car design, and the over all feeling, the driver feels he can safety go faster. the cars were going faster, cause of comfort, feel, for safety for him and others.
2) Freeway would 30 make you feel, anxious. of course, no access (limited) just cement to move forward on. no trees etc. Back when they lowered the 70, to 55, people tried to obey, you were getting tickets for what is now the speed you got the ticket for. two groups help the authorities to set speed limits. T I A (traffic information Authority, (used around here.) and ATI american Traf. info.
Haulin T Male
11:43 am on Thursday, November 1, 2012
some times police don't give a speeding ticket, cause they know a change is coming, in the speed limit.......... they might stop you, but no citation.
Traffic flow in this area is just as important, perhaps a traffic bender takes a cop out of action for how long, take a look at the rush hr. Ok more and more areas are using speed reminders (read outs) with lights on top, not to send a cop after you, but to observe your reaction, if you don't slow down,.
I posted the above, cause people said "Paterson" was speeding? did a speed control device catch him, (cop) ? the area has new concrete, a new design, opened up, (comfort for the area) or how about he was going SLOWER then the group, pack he was in?.
??? I don't know, I wasn't there. neither did the police, they weren't there either. Defense atty, is calling all 19 of the 911 callers, who probably didn't really see the accident, just one or two really saw it, (prob) the rest heard it, looked over as cars were coming to rest....etc all he trying to do is get out of the tickets. it is not a civil trial is it?