Gov. O'Malley To Lead State Economic Development Trip to India
Trip is believed to be the first by a Maryland Governor to India. Republicans ask O'Malley to focus on making Maryland friendlier to businesses already in the state.
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Gov. Martin O'Malley announced he will lead his first trade mission to India in late November, according to an announcement made late Friday.
The governor will visit Mumbai, New Delhi and Hyderabad. Among those accompanying O'Malley will be Montgomery County Executive Ike Leggett and Prince George's County Executive Rushern Baker.
A spokeswoman for O'Malley did not return calls seeking comment.
In a statement, O'Malley cited India's rapid economic growth, which is expected to make the country the world's largest economy by 2050.
"With their industries modernizing and a young and career-oriented middle class, it is an ideal time to promote Maryland as a U.S. headquarters for Indian companies, particularly those in biotech and cyber security, and also open new doors for trade for our small and mid-sized businesses," said O'Malley, who reopened an office in New Dehli in 2009 to focus on bio- and information technology, as well as aerospace and defense.
O'Malley led a 68-member delegation to China, South Korea and Vietnam earlier this year. The trip led to $85 million in direct investment in the state, according to the governor's press release.
Justin Ready, a state delegate from Carroll County and the executive director of the Maryland Republican Party, said O'Malley should also focus on making the state more business friendly.
"We really would like to see some progress made on Maryland's regulatory and tax burdens for small businesses," Ready said. "The focus seems to be on pie in the sky and business from far away but not on the things we can do here in Maryland."
"What are we doing to make the state friendly for Maryland businesses?" Ready asked.
Elisha B. Pulivarti, executive director of the Maryland India Business Roundtable, said India "is a very important country" for Maryland.
"We are excited about it and we support him," said Pulivarti, whose group will honor O'Malley next month as well as Leggett for their work with the state's Indian community. "We want to bring as many businesses and investment to Maryland as we can. We want to create jobs. That's the bottom line."
Pulivarti said 5,000 businesses in Maryland are owned by Indian Americans. He said that many thousands more come to Maryland because of the proximity to Washington and because of the research and development efforts at Johns Hopkins University and the University of Maryland.
O'Malley, he said, is the "first Maryland governor to travel to India."
John
8:32 pm on Friday, September 30, 2011
Who is picking up the bill? We don't need to put people in India back to work while people here in Maryland don't have jobs. And with all the cut back and the "teacher tax" with the pension increase and paycheck decrease, there are better ways to spend my money.
icetrout
7:25 pm on Friday, March 1, 2013
Martin O'Malley is a treasonous traitor who lied while taking his "Oath of Office"!!!
Gloria Swanson
9:15 am on Sunday, March 3, 2013
I do not want to pay for his trip either, John. I feel that this jerk is tripping around the globe, trying to get recognition, because he plans to run for prez one day! Won't get my vote.
FIFA_archived
9:23 am on Sunday, March 3, 2013
icetrout and Gloria, you do recognize this article is 18 months old and you've been had by Urge Tech selling his wares, don't you? Urge Tech's posting put this article back on the Board.
Gloria Swanson
9:40 am on Sunday, March 3, 2013
FIFA-----OOPS!!!!!! Pays to check the date doesn't it? Who would have thought an old article would be on internet? Oh well. Won't be suckered in again, I hope!
Nick
9:15 pm on Friday, September 30, 2011
Unbelievable. Why are we spending money trying to lure foreign business too Maryland instead of domestic businesses? Why must the tax payers of Maryland be forced to pay for governor O'malley's vacation when he continues to raise taxes and fees on Maryland residents. This money has to come from somewhere and rest assured it's coming out of all of our pockets. What about making Maryland a more hospitable place for businesses that don't send their profits overseas? I guess with national aspirations Gov. O'Malley has more of an interest in gaining exposure than he does about the constituents he represents. I would be interested to see if any long term benefits actually come out of his little international trip which undoubtedly includes four star dinners and lodging for all involved for the duration of the trip.
icetrout
7:29 pm on Friday, March 1, 2013
O'Malleys Wind Mills that the Citizens of Maryland will be footing the bill for will be made in Red Communist China where Martin O'Malleys Red Communist Masters reside! Traitor O'Malley needs to be "Tarred & Feathered" !!!
Renee
10:03 pm on Friday, September 30, 2011
What about Maryland being important for Maryland!!! What about worrying about the people here, in our country?!!! This is getting ridiculous! O'Malley setting up to run for president in the future!! There is no reason for a governor to travel to a foreign country, he is a only GOVERNOR not the president!!! We need to put our people in this country back to work!!!
Gloria Swanson
9:06 am on Saturday, October 1, 2011
BUT, he wants to be prez one day, Renee! How can he get headlines unless he takes these trips at the expense of his states taxpapers. What a pos he is!!!
icetrout
7:31 pm on Friday, March 1, 2013
Time to "Tar & Feather Traitor O'Malley & run his A$$ out of Maryland on a pole... We were warned about "SCUM" like O'Malley!!!
Rob
10:48 pm on Friday, September 30, 2011
Why does it seem like I'm the only one that is not surprised? Did anyone actually think this guy would do Maryland any good? What was his track record as Mayor? What numskulls voted for this guy?
Nick
1:08 am on Saturday, October 1, 2011
O'Malley won Baltimore City, Baltimore County, PG County, Montgomery County, Howard County and Charles County. The other 18 counties were won by Ehrlich.
Gloria Swanson
9:20 am on Sunday, March 3, 2013
O'Malley did not get my vote because I could not find anything that he did for Baltimore City that floated my boat! I am an Ehrlich fan.
ralahinn1
3:00 am on Saturday, October 1, 2011
How can he do this without his masters at Casa de Maryland getting mad with him?
icetrout
7:35 pm on Friday, March 1, 2013
& not to mention his Red Communist masters in Communist Red China... like to see him tarred & feathered & strapped to a blade of one of the wind mills he's buying from his comrades in Communist Red China...
Gloria Swanson
9:21 am on Sunday, March 3, 2013
Some of them might be going along for the ride!!! LOL
Wayne Monroe
6:10 am on Saturday, October 1, 2011
The "guv" is simply advancing his own political agenda.
Gloria Swanson
9:03 am on Saturday, October 1, 2011
You hit the nail on the head! I guess he thinks we can not see through this deed!
icetrout
7:47 pm on Friday, March 1, 2013
He's not my Governor ,he lied while taking his "Oath of Office"...He's lying traitor O'Malley... His Treason has gone to far on this day of March ,1, 2013... Act of TREASON against the Citizens of Maryland with the passage of his infringements on the Constitution of the United States of America...all who followed him with their votes @ the State House today are Traitors too...
amdactivist
6:33 am on Saturday, October 1, 2011
What a freako pos we have to run our state. They turned it into a cess pool sanctuary state and his new american gringo's pull the their strings. Us immigrant bashers only pay the bills.. NO TRIPS FOR THE GOOD OF OUR STATE. GET YOUR GE BUDDIES WHO DON'T PAY TAXES TO FUND YOUR VACATION..
Mary Ann Chenoweth
6:52 am on Saturday, October 1, 2011
I agree who is paying for this, not O'Malley. I resent that my money is paying for a trip that is unnecessary. There are too many people in Maryland out of work, get them working. I didn't vote for him, didn't like him as Mayor, certainly not as governor. Course you have to watch what you say about him or you will be arrested.
amdactivist
7:12 am on Saturday, October 1, 2011
unemployment in many counties are passed 10%.. he hides the truth. yet his new americans working everywhere..and he allows it..
Gloria Swanson
9:01 am on Saturday, October 1, 2011
What a waste of money. Of course, we, the taxpapers, are paying for this "not needed" trip to India. AND, I agree with Mary Ann Chenoweth 100%. I did not vote for him either. Can not stand him or his politics.
Neil B
9:13 am on Saturday, October 1, 2011
This is just like Shelia Dixon going to Egypt. What a waste. He talks about fixing fiscal problems and then jets off to India. I don't get it.
Rob
12:15 pm on Saturday, October 1, 2011
Neil you actually do get it your just not putting it together. The guy is a piece of dirt that uses issues like clean air, jobs, education, helping the poor and children that pull at your heart strings and make you think he cares about those things so you'll continue to vote for him. But as we all know none of those things ever get better. Every year education is used in a political campaign for at least the last 50 years and where is it?
O'Malley is a piece of dirt and needs to be dragged out of the governor's mansion because as long as he and his party are in charge this state will never be a fiscally sound state. People are already voting with their feet. Which would you rather have, honest hard working people or a piece of dirt crook governor pulling the wool over your eyes and running your state in the ground? I already know the results and I will be voting with my feet as soon as the housing market makes a comeback and I can sell my house.
Neil B
12:31 pm on Saturday, October 1, 2011
Trust me I get it. He is useless.
Gloria Swanson
9:26 am on Sunday, March 3, 2013
Rob---and when you sell your house, you get to pay the 3.75% sales tax on it slipped into "Obamacare". O'Malley's idol---LOL but not really funny.
Robert Armstrong
8:08 pm on Saturday, October 1, 2011
India is one of the largest and fastest growing economies in the World. If he could lure $85 million worth of business from South Korea he should be able to at least equal or better that amount from India.
This isn't taking any Maryland jobs. This is creating MD jobs when the Indian businesses relocate to MD. Where were your plastic tears when an Indian Company bailed out Sparrows Point saving thousands of jobs ???
Nick
8:39 pm on Saturday, October 1, 2011
Robert, I think that the reason people are upset is that they feel that the money should be used to try and lure domestic business to the state of Md instead of foreign business. Though I agree that any influx of revenue into Md is positive, wouldn't our country and state be more positively influenced by an influx of revenue by domestic companies that don't send their profits overseas?
Bart
11:13 pm on Saturday, October 1, 2011
If we lure domestic business into Maryland, it just comes from another state, and the net increase for the country as a whole is zero. To lure business from around the world is the best idea. It creates both jobs for Maryland (US) citizens that haven't come at the expense of other states, and a positive shift in the international trade balance.
Neil B
8:11 am on Sunday, October 2, 2011
O'Malley has no idea how to lure business anywhere. The only way he gets anything here is subsidizing it. How about creating an actual climate that is good for business. Subsidies do not work. They only create unfair advantage for a politically connected group.
Rob
10:51 am on Sunday, October 2, 2011
Why don't we become a business friendly state and try preventing the businesses that are already here from leaving and then attract outside businesses? Why do you think he has to go to the other side of the world to find a sucker? Maybe because Maryland's reputation precedes itself as a tax happy socialist state. What damage do you think the Wal-Mart bill did to this state? Come on people let's start thinking about how we got to this point so we can understand how to avoid doing it again.
Markus
11:17 pm on Saturday, October 1, 2011
Just make sure he doesn't make a deal to import finished fingerboard blanks for guitars (different from a finished fingerboard).
http://www.gibson.com/en-us/Lifestyle/News/gibson-0825-2011/
Rob
10:55 am on Sunday, October 2, 2011
Yeah funny how they avoid all the other guitar makers that have and get the same exact wood from the same exact places. Why would they do that you ask? Oh I don't maybe because Gibson isn't union and the other guitar makers are. What does that matter you ask? It's just that unions support democrats so they were left alone.
amdactivist
5:44 am on Sunday, October 2, 2011
I see you still believe the liar in chief even after he lost almost 4000 business's sinec '08.. Think anybody trusts him? oh yeah.. you do!
Robert Armstrong
11:35 am on Sunday, October 2, 2011
Gibson knew the law and they broke it on purpose. It has nothing to do with Union/non Union.
4,000 businesses left the state??? Nothing like a little bit of exaggeration is there Grandma ?
amdactivist
12:33 pm on Sunday, October 2, 2011
hey fruit.. you know better then question my words. I can prove them. But no matter what proof I have you never believe them.. and i'm not your granny. My daughter don't hatch liberals...
amdactivist
12:36 pm on Sunday, October 2, 2011
This is why our unemployment over 10% .. Omalley has no problems allowing his campaign supporters to hire illegals *new americans*>.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ue6wjPu6K8&feature=youtu.be
Robert Armstrong
12:43 pm on Sunday, October 2, 2011
All your figures are exaggerated and false. MD's unemployment rate is only slightly over 7%.
What are they Illegals or New Americans??
amdactivist
1:05 pm on Sunday, October 2, 2011
your still listening to the o'liar aint ya.. when you going to join in for the truth? I'm trying desperately to convince you robert.. I was there where your at for many years. Now i don't believe any of them I need to ask questions of the new ones coming on and research the old ones who destroyed our once beautiful state. Apparently you don't live in baltimore city, pg or montgomery county. although baltimore county ranks very high in ms13 gangs..
amdactivist
2:29 pm on Sunday, October 2, 2011
Robert 7% is another omalley lie. do your homework. Takes a bit of knowledge to research and its very apparent you just don't know how..
Robert Armstrong
3:28 pm on Sunday, October 2, 2011
The unemployment number came from the Bureau of Labor and Statistics
http://www.deptofnumbers.com/unemployment/maryland/
George Helm
1:05 pm on Sunday, October 2, 2011
Hey, maybe he'll sta there!
amdactivist
1:05 pm on Sunday, October 2, 2011
Robert. The New americans are what o'liar calls illegals and i' one of those citizens he calls immigrant bashers..
Robert Armstrong
2:14 pm on Sunday, October 2, 2011
"New Americans" was a termed coined by George Bush when he was pushing for amnesty for undocumented travelers.
amdactivist
2:21 pm on Sunday, October 2, 2011
see what I mean about not believing me & others who try to educate you? I heard omalley with my own ears hatched grandson and so did many others. Your blinded by your own stupidity..
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amdactivist
2:24 pm on Sunday, October 2, 2011
You believe me now? We shouldn't have to prove anything to you.
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2010/10/18/maryland_governor_calls_illegal_immigrants_new_americans.html
amdactivist
2:27 pm on Sunday, October 2, 2011
He also says new americans are a federal issue. NoT true at all. He caters to them for votes and endorsements of casa de md. He can mandate E-verify and put thousands of our unemployed back to work..Your a big waste of my time..
When asked about Immigration policies In Maryland, Governor O'malley and others will say that Immigration issues is a Federal law, which it is, but are they saying these laws are not enforceable in Maryland?
Yes ..While the rhetoric coming from many state and local officials who claim that they have no legal role in enforcing our immigration laws--that is simply a lie.
Secure Communities aside, in 1996 the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act (IIRIR) was passed as a federal law which requires local governments to cooperate with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (now part of the Department of Homeland Security
Although immigration falls under the federal government's jurisdiction, states are responsible for illegal immigrants living within their borders."
Robert Armstrong
3:25 pm on Sunday, October 2, 2011
"New Americans are to be welcomed as neighbors and not to be feared as strangers."
--George Bush Washington D.C. June 26,2000
E-Verify is a disaster and doesn't work. Immigration has always been and will always be a Federal responsibility.
I think you are blinded by your own bigotry Grandma.
amdactivist
7:27 pm on Sunday, October 2, 2011
now i'm a bigot . rofl.. tell your 7.4% unemployment to the 11.5% city folks and 10% cecil county folks and other.. http://www.bls.gov/ro3/mdlaus.htm.. and E-verify is at least 97% effective and since when does the left believe bush is so right all of sudden. We now have change robert.. Cant you tell? since i'm now a bigot your a loser.. enjoy your own nasty self. Your uneducated and dilusional and snortin' the same crap as your coc head masters..
Tom Barnes
4:58 pm on Sunday, October 2, 2011
Perhaps he is going to lure back all the customer service positions that were lost up in Hunt Valley and the surrounding area. ;) Imagine that! All our personal and financial info being brought back to the US. Good move, Governor. >.<
elizabeth edges
10:34 pm on Sunday, October 2, 2011
We'll get a few jobs back from India, and what will he promise them the Bay Bridge.
kevin
3:14 pm on Friday, December 30, 2011
How many steelworkers are working this January in Maryland? Wouldn't calling your friend the president and having him have Mr. Immelt and GE approve a loan you knew we needed done more for this state than this India vacation?