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Bill Shea - Death of the regional transit tax at the polls Tuesday could signal the end of the Regional Transit Authority of Southeast Michigan itself, its top executive said Wednesday. RTA CEO Michael Ford said the organization, birthed under a 2012 state law to create a regional transit system across Oakland, Wayne, Macomb, and Washtenaw counties, will spend the next couple of weeks analyzing why the 1.2 mill, 20-year tax failed by less than 20,000 votes out of 1.7 million cast. Included in that

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