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  1. KCTA Praises Channel 3 Reporter David Bailey for Courageous Reporting on The Rapid — May 4, 2012
  2. KCTA Announces Petition Drive to Remove the Cities of Walker and Grandville from The Rapid — May 4, 2012
  3. KCTA Opposes Abusive Tax Election in Northview Public Schools District — May 1, 2012
  4. KCFFR is Now Kent County Taxpayers Alliance — April 23, 2012
  5. Earth Friendly? Not The Rapid as it Posts an Even Worse Pollution Record Than Last Year — April 21, 2012

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Apr 25 2011

Rapid CEO Peter Varga Shuns the Bus, Moves to the Country

The Rapid's web site says that Peter Varga can't use The Rapid to get to work

When it comes to the battle over the upcoming bus tax hike on the ballot May 3rd in the cities of Grand Rapids, East Grand Rapids, Kentwood, Walker, Wyoming, and Grandville the arguments have become heated. The pro-millage Friends of Transit and their opposition, the Kent County Families for Fiscal Responsibility (KCFFR), have been presenting …

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Apr 24 2011

Why voters should say “NO” to the May 3 Rapid bus millage tax increase of 31%

On Sunday, April 17, the Grand Rapids Press’ editorial board endorsed a “yes” vote on the upcoming 31% bus tax increase on the ballot May 3. Voters in Grand Rapids, East Grand Rapids, Kentwood, Walker, Wyoming, and Grandville will have the opportunity to vote on this issue. We disagree with the editorial board’s conclusions for …

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Apr 18 2011

Earth Week Analysis Shows Rapid’s Buses Contribute More to Pollution than SUVs

In time for Earth Week, an analysis of the The Rapid’s 2009 services determined that the bus system contributed over seven millions pounds of extra carbon dioxide to the environment than would have been produced if all of The Rapid’s bus passengers had been transported in cars. This startling calculation, independently verified, shows that because …

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Apr 05 2011

KCFFR Founder to Appeal ‘Unjust and Massive’ Fee with the ITP for FOIA Request

Today Jeff Steinport, co-founder of Kent County Families for Fiscal Responsibility (KCFFR) and manager of the group’s ITP Watch project, filed a Freedom of Information Act appeal with Don Lawless, the chairman of the Interurban Transit Partnership board (also known as The Rapid). Steinport was charged $450 for a basic FOIA request which he states …

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Mar 21 2011

Local Taxpayer Advocacy Group to Oppose ITP (Bus) Millage on May 3rd

Kent County Families for Fiscal Responsibility (KCFFR), a local non-partisan taxpayer advocacy organization formed in 2007, today announced that it will again be working to defeat the new Interurban Transit Partnership (ITP) millage increase this May in the cities of Grand Rapids, East Grand Rapids, Kentwood, Walker, Wyoming, and Grandville. The group opposed the last …

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Mar 08 2011

The Rapid Earns a “D-” in Transparency; City of Grand Rapids an “A”

Kent County Families for Fiscal Responsibility, (KCFFR) a local non-partisan taxpayers’ rights organization, unveiled its first annual survey of local government transparency today. The survey rated 16 major governmental units in the county and graded them based on a number of factors. Topping the scorecard was the city of Grand Rapids which earned an A …

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Feb 24 2011

The Rapid Denies their Own Documentation

The Grand Rapids Press ran an article yesterday regarding our Freedom of Information Act Request to The Rapid on the subject of their hybrid buses. The Rapid’s FOIA response resulted in them admitting that their half a million dollar hybrid buses are only getting 0.65 miles per gallon more than traditional buses. These hybrid buses …

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Feb 23 2011

The Rapid’s Hybrid Buses are a Bust

The Kent County Families for Fiscal Responsibility (KCFFR) has again organized to oppose the ITP’s newest tax hike this May 3rd in the cities of Grand Rapids, East Grand Rapids, Grandville, Walker, Wyoming, and Kentwood. KCFFR helped successfully defeat the last tax hike in 2009 featuring the Silverline. Not only will the ITP tax hike …

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Mar 19 2010

Rapid Silver Line Back From the Dead: It’s Still a Bad Deal

The Kent County Families for Fiscal Responsibility (KCFFR) once again expresses its disapproval of the proposed Silver Line bus “rapid” transit line. KCFFR most recently opposed and was instrumental in the defeat of the Silver Line millage request in 2009. KCFFR also opposed the previous ITP millage request in 2007 and ran a “This Pig …

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Dec 07 2009

KCFFR Opposed to Kent County Purchase of Development Rights Program

Kent County Families for Fiscal Responsibility (KCFFR) entered the political discourse over the weekend regarding the proposed county funding of a purchase of development rights program. The group stands resolutely against the use of Kent County’s public funds to transfer from taxpayers to a few farmers. The organization is the local taxpayers’ rights group that …

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