Posted in Ecological Collapse, Local Iowa, Political on 12/05/2007 12:38 pm by admin
| Rank |
Name |
Location |
Benefits Received or Distributed
Program Years
2003-2005 |
| 1 |
Leonard Broulik & Sons |
Mount Vernon, IA 52314 |
$ 636,296 |
| 3 |
Ray Glenn Stoner ✴✴ |
Mount Vernon, IA 52314 |
$ 303,493 |
| 5 |
David V Stoner ✴✴ |
Mount Vernon, IA 52314 |
$ 293,594 |
| 7 |
Ray G Stoner Farms Inc |
Mount Vernon, IA 52314 |
$ 267,746 |
| 9 |
David V Stoner Farms Inc |
Mount Vernon, IA 52314 |
$ 267,705 |
| 11 |
V G Stoner & Sons Corp |
Mount Vernon, IA 52314 |
$ 259,412 |
| 13 |
Paul G Ciha ✴ |
Mount Vernon, IA 52314 |
$ 244,904 |
| 15 |
Rudolph E Hornacek Trust |
Mount Vernon, IA 52314 |
$ 201,414 |
| 17 |
Greengate Farms Inc |
Mount Vernon, IA 52314 |
$ 191,519 |
| 19 |
Carol Brannaman |
Mount Vernon, IA 52314 |
$ 189,464 |
✴ Subsidy payments were received directly from USDA and USDA attributed additional subsidy benefits to this person that were passed through one or more subsidized farm business(es).
✴✴ Subsidies benefits were attributed by USDA only as pass-throughs from one or more subsidized farm business(es).
Entities without ✴ or ✴✴ received all of their money directly from USDA.
source: http://farm.ewg.org/sites/farmbill2007/s1614_addrsearch.php?yr=S1614&s=yup&stab=IA&mailfips=19113&city=Mount+Vernon&c=Search&zip=&last=&first=&fullname=
Posted in Local Iowa, Political on 05/25/2007 08:16 am by admin
From the Environmental Working Group’s Farm Subsidy Database, I bring you the largest welfare recipients in the Mount Vernon, Iowa area:
Subsidy Recipients 1 to 20 of 837 in zipcode 52314
Recipients in this zipcode received $38,527,837 from 1995-2005
Select names below to view details of that farm/farmer. View Complete List here.
| Rank |
Name |
Location |
Subsidy Total
1995-2005 |
| 1 |
Leonard Broulik & Sons |
Mount Vernon, IA 52314 |
$ 1,922,179.78 |
| 3 |
Ray G Stoner Farms Inc |
Mount Vernon, IA 52314 |
$ 866,763.57 |
| 5 |
David V Stoner Farms Inc |
Mount Vernon, IA 52314 |
$ 865,740.88 |
| 7 |
Iowa Natural Heritage Foundatton |
Mount Vernon, IA 52314 |
$ 834,263.80 |
| 9 |
Douglas Schrader |
Mount Vernon, IA 52314 |
$ 820,767.30 |
| 11 |
James A Brannaman |
Mount Vernon, IA 52314 |
$ 678,300.93 |
| 13 |
Rudolph E Hornacek Trust |
Mount Vernon, IA 52314 |
$ 644,381.51 |
| 15 |
Interstate Land And Investment Co |
Mount Vernon, IA 52314 |
$ 523,682.82 |
| 17 |
Paul G Ciha |
Mount Vernon, IA 52314 |
$ 501,429.19 |
| 19 |
Roy Johnson Family Partnership |
Mount Vernon, IA 52314 |
$ 455,681.32 |
(Wordpress is mangling this list)Â
source: http://ewg.org/farm/addrsearch.php?s=yup&stab=SC&city=&zip=52314&z=See+Recipients
View The List at the Environmental Working Group
Posted in Local Iowa, Political on 09/28/2006 04:02 pm by admin
Not kidding. To live with eyes open is to be constantly amazed…. $25million+ tax dollars to go to an indoor rain forest.
More Information here at this web page.
Pella Seeks Rain Forest
Some Want Project Near Lake Red Rock
Brian Morelli
Iowa City Press-Citizen
May 7, 2006
[Note: This material is copyright by the Press-Citizen, and is reproduced here as a matter of "fair use" for non-commercial, educational purposes only. Any other use may require the prior approval of the Iowa City Press-Citizen.]
Even on a quiet day, the sounds of tractor-trailers cannot be heard from Lake Red Rock.
The lake, located in Knoxville, just southwest of the Pella border, is the largest one in Iowa. DML Land Development plans to create a 250-acre, $700 million development off the lake’s southeastern shore that would include hotels, retail, a water park, a marina and, some hope, an indoor rain forest.
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Posted in General Interest, Local Iowa, Political on 08/31/2006 09:05 am by admin
2005 Total Population Estimates for Mount Vernon, Iowa 
| Total Population |
Population # |
% Change from
year 2000 Base |
| July 1, 2005 |
4051 |
6.38% |
| July 1, 2004 |
3999 |
5.02 |
| July 1, 2003 |
4002 |
5.09 |
| July 1, 2002 |
3925 |
3.07 |
| July 1, 2001 |
3881 |
1.92 |
| July 1, 2000 |
3818 |
0.26 |
April 1, 2000
(Estimates Base) |
3808 |
April 1, 2000
(Census 2000) |
3390 |
(source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2005 Population Estimates)
from http://www.accessdataservices.com/zip/Mount%20Vernon-Iowa.html
6.3% growth in 5 years. 220 people … Hope they bring in more taxes so the town can afford to fix the roads in my neighborhood!