When Jay Villwock and I entered the Iowa Capitol today, we discovered that most legislators were gone, but our film ally Senator Bill Dotzler, Jr. was busy working in the Senate chamber. He always seems happy to chat with Jay Villwock and me and today we had yet another chat with him. The Senator spoke about the reorganizing of the Iowa Film Office and about the IFO going into in Iowa Department of Cultural Affairs, where Mary Cownie is director. He said work is still ongoing concerning the creation of a public-private entity which will replace the ill-fated IDED. This public-private entity will directly benefit small businesses in Iowa when filmmaking here returns. He also talked about the present impasse over the official budget.
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