The Concept Works will host an official from Taiwan’s Democratic Progressive Party on Aug. 20. The visit by Mr. Cheng-yi Lee, who is the party’s deputy director of its Section of Social Movement, comes on the heels of a recent visit by an official from the Kuo-min-tang Party. Mr. Lee was Chairman of the DPP’s […]
DES MOINES – Governor Chet Culver’s second dispute with the facts in less than a week proves he is “in over his head,” Sioux City businessman Bob Vander Plaats said today. “It’s the propensity of the governor to ignore the truth and bend the facts to the way he wants the facts to be,” Vander […]
The Concept Works today hosted a Taiwanese official visiting America to gain a greater knowledge of the U.S. electoral system. Fu-Ming Hsu, chairman of the Kuo-min-tang Party’s Kaohsiung Office, began his visit in Washington, D.C., and is scheduled to travel to Salt Lake City following a Des Moines stop hosted by the Iowa Council for […]
DES MOINES – The insistence of Governor Chet Culver and his staff that state revenues went up in July, rather than down as the nonpartisan Legislative Service Agency reported, reflects a “bunker mentality” that could paralyze any efforts to fix Iowa’s mounting budget problems, Sioux City businessman Bob Vander Plaats today. “Chet Culver is trying […]
OSCEOLA, Iowa — Eric Woolson of The Concept Works donned a pair of Rattlers Brand snakeproof chaps for a photo shoot with a live Western Diamondback Rattlesnake, proving once again that the protective gear is “the best on the market.” “Our goal was to capture video of a rattlesnake striking a pair of the Rattlers […]
A new Washington Post poll shows former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee leads Mitt Romney, Sarah Palin and Newt Gingrich in a match-up of potential 2012 GOP presidential contenders. The Concept Works represented Huckabee in the lead-up to the 2008 Iowa caucuses and TCW owner Eric Woolson managed Huckabee’s winning campaign in the state’s first-in-the-nation caucuses.
Alfredo Jimenez, the El Savadoran artist with a sophisticated, lively sound, will perform as the featured vocalist in front of the Des Moines band Los Salseros this Friday, July 24. Jimenez and Los Salseros will open at 9:00 p.m. at the Kirkwood Ballroom, Fourth and Walnut Streets, in downtown Des Moines. They’ll perform until 1:00 […]
Eric Woolson of The Concept Works will be a guest on the Iowa Public Radio program “Talk at Twelve” at noon Wednesday, July 29. Moderator Greg Shanley will host a conversation between Woolson and New Hampshire political analyst Arnie Arenson. Woolson, a GOP strategist, and Arenson will provide counterpoints on a range of current national […]
Sioux City businessman Bob Vander Plaats, the frontrunning Republican in the 2010 Iowa gubernatorial race, writes for a leading political website, “The numbers in the first scientific poll of the 2010 GOP primary, published last week by The IowaRepublican.com, are helping bring the race into clearer focus. The poll told us a few things we […]
DES MOINES – A scientific poll published today by TheIowaRepublican.com website shows Sioux City businessman Bob Vander Plaats leading his nearest competitor by more than a three-to-one margin in the 2010 Republican gubernatorial primary. The poll, conducted by the Washington, D.C., polling group Voter Consumer Research, shows Vander Plaats with 46 percent support among registered […]
