Postcards From Europe (They Write Letters....)

Joining the illustrious list of attorneys who for some reason write letters to the Miami Herald, we now have Alan Becker:

Criticism of Gov. Charlie Crist's trip to Europe is unfair. There is a reason that I and other Florida business leaders travel, at our own expense, on Team Florida missions: They help create investment and jobs in Florida. Economic development is not part of the state's problems; it is part of the solution to a declining economy.

These trips are not junkets. Meetings begin early and run well into the night. It is an exhausting schedule, but worth it.

In fact, they are so exhausting that $320 in electric fans were required to properly modulate the temperature of the Governor's face as he inked mega deals that would benefit all Florida residents:

This particular trip resulted in millions of dollars in sales of Florida products and services. Crist held discussions with companies that will expand or invest for the first time in Florida, creating jobs.

Oh goody! Well, that does seem worth it then. Ok, let's see what Alan submits in terms of evidence of the direct casual relationship between the overseas trip and the resulting millions of dollars of sales of Florida products and services:

...crickets chirping.....

Darn editors! Why does the Herald always leave all the good stuff on the cutting room floor?