The Reviews Are In

January 12, 2004 – The Business Record reported in its Jan. 12 edition on the IowaPolitics.com reception, which drew a crowd of political activists from both major parties.

“Eric Woolson, president and chief executive of The Concept Works and aide to Gov. Terry Branstad from 1996 to 1999, and Ron Parker, a Democratic legislative staff member, offered Republican and Democratic perspectives, respectively, about what's in the offing in the legislative session that starts Monday. Those two should take their shtick on the road. They showed humor about a legislative session that will be absolutely humorless as legislators try to close a $360 million deficit.”

Woolson, a former political writer for the Waterloo Courier, and Parker, a former political writer for The Hawk Eye in Burlington, Iowa, are both columnists for IowaPolitics.com.