The Detroit Regional Chamber of Commerce’s annual Mackinac Policy Conference starts later today.
A year ago, I would have assumed the election would be center stage. A few months ago, I thought everyone might be talking about infrastructure and Flint. But instead, it’s education.
Detroit is the big elephant filling the Grand Hotel.
The Speaker of the House indicates he and his minions won’t show up on the island unless and until they finish a deal on saving Detroit Public Schools.
Education has indeed become center stage, and not only in Detroit.