TCI Regional Policy Design Stakeholder Submissions

Material submitted through the TCI Public Input form from April 2019-February 2021 is viewable here. View input submitted from March 1, 2021 forward here. All material submitted on this page informed the participating jurisdictions in the 2019-2020 TCI regional policy design process. Click on the column headings to sort the submissions.

Date	First	Last	Affiliation	City	State	Input	File
10/27/2019	Donna	Vatcher	Voter	Wales	Maine	Raising gas prices is cruel and unusual punishment for having to drive! Maine is a rural state and we have to drive to go anywhere. This is not going to do anything for climate control! Do not... read more Raising gas prices is cruel and unusual punishment for having to drive! Maine is a rural state and we have to drive to go anywhere. This is not going to do anything for climate control! Do not raise the gas tax!	-
10/27/2019	Carol	Metthe	Republican	Bucksport	Maine	Stop raising every tax you can when our Social Security checks are only going up by $4-5! Make the welfare people earn their way. Janet Mills you were going to do so much good......when are... read more Stop raising every tax you can when our Social Security checks are only going up by $4-5! Make the welfare people earn their way. Janet Mills you were going to do so much good......when are young going to start?	-
10/27/2019	Cheryl	Upperman	Maine Citizen	Corinna	Maine	Why is the answer to all so called problems more government? Maine is a very old and poor state, more taxes will not improve anything. Only hurt the people that choose to work for a living. Why is the answer to all so called problems more government? Maine is a very old and poor state, more taxes will not improve anything. Only hurt the people that choose to work for a living.	-
10/27/2019	Kelly	Young	None	Readfield	Maine	I am against anything that raises the cost of fuel. Enough said. I am against anything that raises the cost of fuel. Enough said.	-
10/27/2019	Karen (Kelley)	Harriman	Independent	Bucksport	Maine	Just stop gov. mills, enough is enough Just stop gov. mills, enough is enough	-
10/27/2019	Cathy	Howe	Homecare for Maine	Bethel	Maine	I am appalled that this is even being seriously considered. The onerous tax load on Maine's middle class and poor will be increased to an unacceptable level should gas prices increase as... read more I am appalled that this is even being seriously considered. The onerous tax load on Maine's middle class and poor will be increased to an unacceptable level should gas prices increase as expected. Just recall, if you will, some years ago when gas prices rose, and the concomitant decimation of businesses. Unrealistic goals which harm so many voters should be rejected out of hand. Quite apart from the effect on businesses for which gasoline is a major part, someone who works, as I do, traveling from house to house helping Mainers live in their homes, will be dealt a blow which will make our already low wage worth even less. If something like this is considered, it should be AFTER public transportation has been improved, NOT before. Even then, the rural character of Maine makes private transportation necessary. Most of us cannot afford electric cars, even if we would choose to use something which has NOT been proven to be best for our environment, given the terrible environmental costs of those batteries. Please withdraw Maine from this bad deal.	-
10/27/2019	Nick	Jennings	Jennings General Services	Castine	Maine	The cost of fuel I need and use for my small business is already high enough and it’s hard as it is to fill the tanks, lots of the equipment I have runs off gas or diesel and there’s no substitute... read more The cost of fuel I need and use for my small business is already high enough and it’s hard as it is to fill the tanks, lots of the equipment I have runs off gas or diesel and there’s no substitute for this equipment. This could possibly force another Maine small business have to shut its doors. I am 21 years young and after about ten years of hoping I would get to this point I don’t want to have to give up on my dream because of the cost of fuel. The only thing it will do is force company’s to up the price for their services this will not solve a darn thing because the big big companies can afford to pay more money small Maine businesses like mine cannot afford to. Janet mills is bad for Maine and for Maine small businesses	-
10/27/2019	Andrew	Losiewicz	Constatutionalist	Westmanland	Maine	What is this going to do to offset the other countries who do nothing. What is this going to do to offset on erupting volcano? Maine is a lush green state with more trees than people, someone... read more What is this going to do to offset the other countries who do nothing. What is this going to do to offset on erupting volcano? Maine is a lush green state with more trees than people, someone show me the study of Maine's carbon foot print.	-
10/27/2019	Richard	Thomas	Maine General Medical Center	Waterville	Maine	Please support Maine in developing low carbon transportation. Primarily, I believe we need increased passenger trains and all electric buses and cars. I fear that without rapid improvement in... read more Please support Maine in developing low carbon transportation. Primarily, I believe we need increased passenger trains and all electric buses and cars. I fear that without rapid improvement in this and many other areas, we will face a climate emergency within 10 or 20 years, and our children's lives will be terribly harmed. Nothing is more important than this.	-
10/27/2019	Helen	Goodwin	I'm a senior	Bangor	Maine	This is not a good alliance for Mainers. We have much more country side and dense forests than we have cities. We have towns. There are are no metropolitan areas. Trucks and cars are the best ways... read more This is not a good alliance for Mainers. We have much more country side and dense forests than we have cities. We have towns. There are are no metropolitan areas. Trucks and cars are the best ways to get around. Mass transit will not work. Buses help but even then are limited. We don't have the finances personally to pay for this alliance. It is a bust! Please I beg you don't consider this!	-
10/27/2019	Christie	Tracy	?	Oakland	Maine	We as a State cannot afford this. Gasoline is not a luxury for anyone in our State. The price of goods and services will have to go up due to the increase in gas price. Please do not do this to... read more We as a State cannot afford this. Gasoline is not a luxury for anyone in our State. The price of goods and services will have to go up due to the increase in gas price. Please do not do this to Maine People!!	-
10/27/2019	John	Hussey	Mr.	Greenville	Maine	What a great way to SCREW the POOREST and MOST VULNERABLE among us all to prove how "woke" member States are. read more What a great way to SCREW the POOREST and MOST VULNERABLE among us all to prove how "woke" member States are.	-
10/27/2019	Larry	Pinkham	Maine resident	Phillips	Maine	We have too many taxes as it is . Do not put more taxes on the shoulders of the poor Maine taxpayers. We have too many taxes as it is . Do not put more taxes on the shoulders of the poor Maine taxpayers.	-
10/27/2019	Rodney	Corey	Mr	Washburn	Maine	Pushing for electric vehicles only transfers emissions from tailpipes to smoke stacks of power plants and battery factories that have other pollution issues is no solution. Mills is blind to the... read more Pushing for electric vehicles only transfers emissions from tailpipes to smoke stacks of power plants and battery factories that have other pollution issues is no solution. Mills is blind to the real issues facing Mainers. We are a large rural state in a cold climate and T.C.I. is a ridiculouse idea that can only have a negative impact on the People of Maine.	-
10/27/2019	Jerome	Watson	Maine ratepayer	Pittston	Maine	I am opposed to this initiative. Maine taxes are already much too high, we do not need more. I am opposed to this initiative. Maine taxes are already much too high, we do not need more.	-
10/27/2019	Kim	Poors	Maine resident	Franklin	Maine	Maine isn’t California. Most of its citizens live outside city and have to travel a long ways to get where they are going on a regular basis. This initiative will hurt the poor and elderly in our... read more Maine isn’t California. Most of its citizens live outside city and have to travel a long ways to get where they are going on a regular basis. This initiative will hurt the poor and elderly in our state tremendously. Our cost of living is already ridiculous this would just add to it.	-
10/27/2019	James	Andrews	Mr.	Randolph	Maine	We do NOT want or need this crap in Maine! We cannot afford any more tax hikes; winter is very hard on a lot of us. I drive sometimes over 200 miles a day, just to get to work and back. Tax... read more We do NOT want or need this crap in Maine! We cannot afford any more tax hikes; winter is very hard on a lot of us. I drive sometimes over 200 miles a day, just to get to work and back. Tax hikes will make it much harder for me to pay my bills. No more left wing nonsense please!	-
10/27/2019	Kevin	Badger	Maine Taxpayer	Bangor	Maine	I am very pissed off at you flunkies that want to bring on yet another tax to our fuel. You all have nothing better to do than to raise taxes on everyone and hide it under a name like Cap and... read more I am very pissed off at you flunkies that want to bring on yet another tax to our fuel. You all have nothing better to do than to raise taxes on everyone and hide it under a name like Cap and Trade or Carbon Neutral Funding crap. Enough taxes already. This carbon neutral is junk. Nothing but a scam or a scheme to steal more money out of the hard working taxpayers of this state and county. You can go take this and shove it up your carbon neutral backside and go get bent.	-
10/27/2019	Jennifer	Landry	Maine Resident	Glenburn	Maine	I am against this unfair tax. Absolute NO! This will put a burden on Mainers and we will fight this. I am against this unfair tax. Absolute NO! This will put a burden on Mainers and we will fight this.	-
10/27/2019	Linda	Rooney	Independent	Bar Harbor	Maine	According to the United States Energy Information Administration, Maine ranks 45th for carbon dioxide emissions and releases approximately 0.3 percent of total carbon emissions in the United... read more According to the United States Energy Information Administration, Maine ranks 45th for carbon dioxide emissions and releases approximately 0.3 percent of total carbon emissions in the United States. Becoming carbon neutral in Maine would do little to curb climate change, aside from being a symbolic gesture.	-

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