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Deadline Detroit keeps eyes and ears on the Mackinac Policy Conference via news coverage, social media and livestreaming.
If you seek a substantive roundup of presentations Wednesday by Detroit's mayor and top educator, or Michigan's governor and people who want his job, they're easy to find at other media sites.
This is a look at the sideshow from a pre-summer getaway by about 1,600 business, political, nonprofit and media "influencers." As at any conference, part of what they talk about involves weather, the setting, tech toys and self-promotion.
A social media sampling:
► "Catching a seat on a horse taxi during #mpc17 = Hunger Games." -- Rachel Lutz, Detroit retailer, on Facebook
I'm not saying it's not fun here at #mpc17, but the ice cream social is barely over and they're setting out the cocktails at 3:30 #freep
— John Gallagher (@JGallagherFreep) May 31, 2017
Offbeat Mackinac note: @SHendersonFreep just told me he’s not cutting his hair until @realDonaldTrump is no longer President.#worthwatching
— Devin Scillian (@DevinScillian) May 31, 2017
A #MackinacMoment at the Planet M display at #MPC17. pic.twitter.com/X1JKdOYG2u
— Chad Livengood (@ChadLivengood) May 31, 2017
Spring on Mackinac Island. pic.twitter.com/52vK4SkBvd
— Karen Dybis (@kdybis) June 1, 2017
#MPC17 Traffic: No tie-ups for the morning commute. @Robertanews @TomJordanNews @daveramos pic.twitter.com/Kq0MyVQF7y
— Matt Friedman (@mattfrieds) May 31, 2017
The Mackinac Uber pic.twitter.com/ROLCMwBaM1
— Chad Livengood (@ChadLivengood) May 31, 2017
