I' m leaving on a jet plane...

Ken Ulman gets to go on a tax dollar funded trip (yes, the Howard County Economic Development Authority gets most of its funding from tax dollars) to a country that I would love to visit- India. The purpose of the visit, according to the County website, is as follows:

In addition to meeting with targeted prospects, the objectives of the mission include promoting increased cross-investment between Howard County and India, providing firsthand market information and business contacts and developing and expanding strategic relationships with key Indian and U.S. organizations.

This seems like an odd objective considering many tech businesses are already doing business with partners all over the world. In fact, Ulman is going to look at some kind of radar contraption that is being used in India but was built by Johns Hopkins APL, which of course, is located right in Howard County. I guess the government is several years behind the times with respect to globalization. If I was cynical, I would think that this trip has more to do with getting some face time with the press and nailing down some campaign contributions. But that would pretty far fetched, don’t you think?

The Sun has more on the trip here.