Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette is appointing me as a Public Administrator for Oakland County.
Back home in Farmington Hills, Michigan, she entered the Miss Oakland County pageant and, to her great surprise, won.
Since then, the population of Oakland County has grown to 1.202 million people.
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Detroit badly needs to pull into the city dollars from suburbs like Oakland County, one of the nation's richest counties.
There is no dispute that Layne fatally shot Jonathan Hoffman, 17, last spring at her home in Oakland County's West Bloomfield Township.
Oakland County prosecutors originally charged Manson with sexual misconduct and assault and battery but the judge threw out the sex charge, changing it to disorderly conduct.
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Take the disparity between Detroit and neighbouring Oakland County.
With our long-term approach to government technology implementation, however, Oakland County has shown that driving innovation in a tough economy is possible and even necessary for the continued provision of critical government services.
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Oakland County GOP Chairman Dennis Cowan says Republican intensity has increased since McCain's pick of Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin to share the ticket, after some initial disappointment among the many supporters of Michigan native Mitt Romney here.
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In my role as Oakland County Chief Innovation Officer, I have worked alongside our County Executive, L. Brooks Patterson, to provide the vision, leadership, and executive sponsorship needed to drive innovation and real change in government technology, even in tough economic times.
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Oakland County is a bellwether.
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Rounding out the rest of the list are Comerica Park (Detroit Tigers), Turner Field (Atlanta Braves), Coors Field (Colorado Rockies) Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum (Oakland Athletics), PETCO Park (San Diego Padres), Angel Stadium (Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim), Minute Maid Park (Houston Astros) and Miller Park (Milwaukee Brewers).
The school is located in a mixed industrial-retail area near a Wal-Mart and a Toyota dealership and across a freeway from the O.co Coliseum, the home of the Oakland Raiders football team and A's baseball club that used to be known as the Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum.
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The wealthy county of Oakland would lose its triple-A rating simply because its neighbours are in trouble.
In contrast, a restaurant in Oakland could open in as little as four months, with only three permits, not including county permits, according to Oakland's Planning Department.
That's the question at stake in a civil trial that kicked off Monday in Alameda County Superior Court in Oakland.
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The Golden Gate Bridge soars across the mouth of the bay, connecting the city to Marin County, while the Bay Bridge connects to Oakland in the east.
For example, Access Oakland is a robust suite of eCommerce services that is used by many County departments, courts, and municipalities.
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Officials at the Oakland Zoo said Mr. Teeth died Wednesday, a day after it was seized by county animal control officers.
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