The Des Moines Register from Des Moines, Iowa • Page 20

4B DKs-M(NKsSrxiAY Rkcistekb DkckmhkuH. r.t.ilJJ.lJ. UJ.V Mi iLi TOTAL COUNTY Site ToBe Used for Parking Despite effort to save it, 7 historic building torn down 13.2 is at stake SPENDING By MARTY HELLE RhustkkStah Wkiok These 10 counties received the most federal money, per capita, in 1994: $7,361 Wayne $6,445 Pottawattamie $6,105 Palo Alto $5,919 fcinggold $5,905 $5,848 Decatur $5,599 Monona $5,413 Taylor $5,398 Fremont $5,333 Statewide $4,658 were determined to see it go. not government it's business," De John said. Meeker said Rejuvenate Davenport would have been happy to see someone step forward with the means to save the building, but no one did and the building was not doing any gcxxl.

"We have a lot of people who want to preserve buildings but no one stepping forward with the funds to do it," Meeker said. He added that Rejuvenate Davenport has helped renovate many buildings in the downtown area, and that the site will be used as parking space for another historic building that is being renovated. The building was constructed in 1 84 1 and was named after the son of the city's namesake, said Patricia Ohlerking, the deputy state historic-preservation officer. She said her office opposed its destruction. "I think they lost something they can't put a price on," Ohlerking said.

A 150-year-old Davenport store building that was included on a list of endangered historic Iowa buildings was torn down last week. The G.L. Davenport building had been the subject of a long struggle between historic preservationists and the building's owner. Rejuvenate Davenport, a downtown renewal group that will use the site for parking. Gene Meeker, executive director of Rejuvenate Davenport, said the building was torn down because it was no longer useful and no one came forward with the money to restore it.

Some Davenport residents, including Nora De John, opposed tearing down the building. She said the decision to tear it down was made at a poorly publicized meeting of the Davenport City Council, and that Rejuvenate Davenport and the council behind rising costs, Siegelman said, "Someone's going to be left holding "the bag. At the. moment, that represents county governments." Agriculture spending also is likely, to continue its decline, although there are some who believe exports will help offset federal budget changes. Still, there will be areas hurt by reduced spending.

think it would be naive not to assume that," said Siegelman. Hit for Welfare Welfare programs are among them. In Iowa welfare accounts for a relatively modest amount of overall federal spending. Food stamps and Aid to Families with Dependent Children combined come to less than the pensions of retired federal civilian workers in the state. Underlying the current debate about where to cut the budget are some long-term trends in taxes and spending.

Mandatory programs are consuming ever-larger portions of the budget as the government is transformed by increments into a retirement and health-care program. Twenty-five years ago, Social Se- nni furl- Ad.i.r $35,793,364 'Adams $23,542,195 Allamakee Appanoose $70,646,853 Audubon $31990.138 Benton 4.442.216 Black Hawk $469,189,262 $97,321,220 Bremer $75,133,919 Buchanan $69,346,605 Buena Vista $83,744,883 Butler $65,578,894 CalHoun $51,367,087 'Carroll 4.: $81,429,267 Cass $64,973,711 Cedar $59,305,062 Cerro Gordo $188,823,979 Cherokee $54,950,753 Chickasaw $70,415,770 Clarke $35,162,988 Clay $76,735,624 Clayton $77,846,665 Clinton $183,658,822 Crawford $76,140,419 Dallas $100,081,955 Davis $35,281,366 Decatur $45,211,644 Delaware $54,605,592 Des Moines $181,553,620 Dickinson $65,654,809 Dubuque $300,394,268 Emmet $65,900,478 Fayette V-V- $92,906,086 FJoyd A $75,344,462 $52,874,366 Fremont $43,798,010 Greene $46,098,614 Grundy $46,726,398 Guthrie $49,158,465 Hamilton $68,388,380 Hancock $51,649,291 Hardin $85,935,784 Harrison $69,752,623 Henry $67,372,197 Howard $49,410,479 Humboldt $48,236,623 Ida $31,370,816 Iowa $53,726,824 Jackson $79,901,887 Jasper $123,260,814 Jefferson $52,540,548 Jphnson $431,789,782 Jones $65,312,925 Keokuk $59,948,876 Kossuth $89,799,496 Lee $142,712,015 Linn $736,776,807 Louisa $55,081,159 Lucas $45,167,850 Lyon $40,740,212 Madison $48,339,803 Mahaska $83,057,897 Marion $157,047,003 Marshall $158,002,642 Mills $51,703,422 Mitchell $48,709,696 Monona $54,478,545 Monroe $41,910,269 Montgomery $56,773,069 Muscatine $133,320,423 O'Brien $67,762,636 State officials are not just waiting for the cuts to ripple through the state. As talk of budget cuts began in earnest this year, officials in state government in Iowa gathered to try to anticipate the effect. "We are profoundly impacted by federal spending," said state economist Harvey Siegelman. Among the obvious areas of concern are plans to convert Medicaid to a block grant to states and then freeze the amount that states receive.

Continuedfivm Page 1B. 37.fr: population (15 percent of the total), the program's impact is magnified. At more than $4billion in cial Security accounts for nearly one dollar in three sent to Iowa bjrthc federal government. Medicare is second, at $2.1 billion. Farm programs are third, and Medic-aid is fourth.

Together those four spending categories account for nearly two-thirds of federal spending in Iowa. Wayne County's That explains Why rural, elderly Wayne County gets more federal money per person than anyplace else in Iowa except Polk County, where money passing through state government distorts comparisons. More than one in four Wayne County residents are elderly, and the 1990 census found that it had the lowest median household income in the state. In 1994, the federal government spent $6,444 for every man, woman and child in Wayne County. More than $4,000 of that was in Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid.

For Iowa generally, all federal spending came to $4,658 per person in 1994. There are some quirks. The aftermath of the 1993 flood skewed federal spending in the state disaster payments' were at all-time highs while crop price supports were well below average, for example. Overall federal spending in Iowa was ly elevated by disaster aid. Nevertheless, the report prepared by Sutten provides a good idea of where Iowa might be vulnerable as Congress and the White House work to reduce government spending.

Welfare, education, environment and the arts are among the areas slated for cuts, or for spending freezes. PER capita' $4,296 $4,598 $3,143, $3,793 $3,850 $3,250, $3,255 $4,171, $4,438 $3,794. $4,299 $3,379 $4,055 $3,973 $5,262 $4,302 $4,352. $4,131 $3,605 $4,617, $3,119 $4,168 $5,599 $2,979 $4,235 $4,243 $3,405 $5,848 $4,241 $4,512 $4,773 $5,333 $3,853 $4,356 $4,267 $4,255 $4,622 $4,669 $3,419 $5,001 $4,650 $3,784 $3,602 $3,943 $3,512 $3,117 $4,318 $3,274 $5,206 $4,940 $3,658 $4,167 $4,712 $5,027 $3,426 $3,709 $3,817 $5,122 $4,142 $3,789 $4,414 $5,413 $5,146 $4,722 $3,233 $4,408 $5,300 $4,553 $5,919 $3,182 $4,765 $7,361 $6,105 $4,132 $5,905 $4,044 $3,397 $4,284 $3,057 In some relatively poor rural conn- tu' m' c- i i I ties, more than a third of Medicaid C1 cent of federal spending. Now those spending now goes to pay the nurs- 19 Golf Privilege Club8 four programs consume 41 percent.

Interest payments on the national debt rose from 7 percent to 15 percent of federal spending during that period. In the early stages of federal budget talks, planners in Des Moines met almost every week to try to gauge the impact of proposed cuts. As the picture in Washington grew more murky, the meetings fell off to every other week. Then it was once a month. "Now," said Siegelman, "we just wait.

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