Breakfast Honors
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JENNIFER FINER STAFF WRITER

ple, Quality County" breakfast.
Then Mrs. Oaks learned that
the fete was a $150-a-plate fund-
raiser for Mr. Patterson. She de-
cided not to attend her own
breakfast.
In a letter to Mr. Patterson, the
retiring commissioner wrote: "It
has just come to my attention
that the proceeds raised from the
September 8, 1994, Q2 Award
Breakfast will be used by your
campaign fund. In light of this,
I must respectfully request that
my name be removed from the
honoree list," Ms. Oaks wrote.
"...Had I been apprised of the pur-
pose of this event initially, I
would have declined at that time.
Please understand that this de-
cision in no way affects my re-
spect for you or this award."
Lillian Jaffe Oaks:
Mr. Patterson said there was
Honored, then surprised.
a miscommunication between his
office and Ms. Oaks.
etiring Oakland County
"I believe she was told," he
Commissioner
Jaffe said. "But I'm not going to argue
Oaks was honored but sur- with her on that point. I'm just
prised by a recent phone going to write it off as a miscom-
call she received on behalf of the munication. I see nothing wrong
county's executive, L. Brooks Pat- with a Republican honoring a De-
terson.
mocrat."
His office informed Ms. Oaks
Other honorees are Dr. Robert
(a Democrat) that Mr. Patterson Aranosian, director of Pontiac Os-
(a Republican) wanted to honor teopathic Hospital's emergency
her at a Sept. 8 breakfast.
trauma center, and Robert Grus-
She accepted the offer and in- nick, the former mayor of Auburn
vited some friends to the event, Hills and a Republican county
called the "Oakland Quality Peo- commission candidate. ❑

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