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
11/5/2019	David	Pringle	Mr.	Cranford	New Jersey	Especially in light of the clarion call by 11,258 scientists earlier today, Clean Water Action submits the attached comments urging TCI mandate reductions in climate and co-pollutant emissions in... read more Especially in light of the clarion call by 11,258 scientists earlier today, Clean Water Action submits the attached comments urging TCI mandate reductions in climate and co-pollutant emissions in all jurisdictional areas especially overly burdened environmental justice communities, meaningful fully inclusive public input at the decision-making table, and funding to follow policy with all proceeds dedicated to climate and co-pollutant emission reductions.	Nov.15.19 TCI Comments.pdf
11/12/2019	David	Mulholland	Vermonter	Westminster West	Vermont	While the purpose and aims are commendable, when it comes to charging money for polluting -- even as offsets -- we make the ability to pollute a sought after prize for those who can afford to... read more While the purpose and aims are commendable, when it comes to charging money for polluting -- even as offsets -- we make the ability to pollute a sought after prize for those who can afford to pollute. We should all work to reduce carbon emissions. Here are implicit problems with such approaches: 1) Will we provide the poorest individuals with "gas-guzzlers" new, efficient, high mpg cars for free or as low a cost as the vehicles they can inherit from relatives or find on street corners in poorer neighborhoods? Why shift the blame to them? 2) Will you run mass transit on rural back roads where many New Englanders actually live? I would love to use public transit and find myself needing to drive beyond my intended destination to access any. I am not alone in this. 3) How will there be fair and equitable distribution of opportunities for change on a personal level in all ways that reduce a carbon footprint? Massive TCI plans cannot replace individual effort or become a "feel good" surrogate on a social level.	-
11/12/2019	David	Walker	None	Andover	Massachusetts	How could you ever entertain going around us and our representatives in the General Court to install any thing that could be a tax . How could you think you could get away with it. Please... read more How could you ever entertain going around us and our representatives in the General Court to install any thing that could be a tax . How could you think you could get away with it. Please reconsider this very carefully. We vote. We remember.	-
11/12/2019	David	Linehan	Independent	Dracut	Massachusetts	Reject this hidden tax. Reject this hidden tax.	-
11/12/2019	David	Lawrence	Republican	Pepperell	Massachusetts	This is a tax scheme pure and simple! No tax increase without debate and a vote. This is a tax scheme pure and simple! No tax increase without debate and a vote.	-
11/12/2019	David	Kempf	Mass resident	Greenfield	Massachusetts	Please vote no on TCI Please vote no on TCI	-
11/21/2019	David	Heisler	retired Vermont Native	NEW HAVEN	Vermont	What in the heck are all of you trying to do in the state of Vermont. Our legislature has made our state affordable for all except the rich and the people on welfare. This ends up being another... read more What in the heck are all of you trying to do in the state of Vermont. Our legislature has made our state affordable for all except the rich and the people on welfare. This ends up being another tax on the working class of the state that are already overburdened with with the expense of living here. This is a rural state where people have to drive to get to a job that pays a pittance to what other areas of the country pay for the same work. Please reconsider this tax and get the heck out of the 12 state plan. You have priced my family and other families out of the state. We will be leaving in the spring. YOU WILL NOT GET ANY MORE TAXES FROM US!	-
11/30/2019	David	Renaud	Independent	Milton	Massachusetts	We do not want another tax. We want tax relief. We want government waste and fraud eliminated. We do not want another tax. We want tax relief. We want government waste and fraud eliminated.	-
12/1/2019	David	Kelly	Taxpayer	Westport	Massachusetts	This is just another money grab under the guise of environmental responsibility by a bloated bureaucracy. These politicians should be ashamed of themselves. Take some fiscal responsibility than we... read more This is just another money grab under the guise of environmental responsibility by a bloated bureaucracy. These politicians should be ashamed of themselves. Take some fiscal responsibility than we can talk!	-
12/1/2019	David	Migliaccio	None	Salem	Massachusetts	Beat you to it hacks. Bought a home well away from the blue state death zone several years ago. Will put my papers in and officially retire there if this boondoggle ever goes through. Feel bad for... read more Beat you to it hacks. Bought a home well away from the blue state death zone several years ago. Will put my papers in and officially retire there if this boondoggle ever goes through. Feel bad for everyone left behind but we’ll be seeing you on the other side when it becomes unbearable. Higher gas prices mean the cost of everything will go up. Do you think your food walks to the supermarket?	-
12/1/2019	DAVID	GAGNON	NONE	MARBLEHEAD	Massachusetts	THIS IS ILLEGAL AND UNCONSTITUTIONAL--WHEN WILL YOU EVER HAVE ENOUGH TAX DOLLARS. THIS IS ILLEGAL AND UNCONSTITUTIONAL--WHEN WILL YOU EVER HAVE ENOUGH TAX DOLLARS.	-
12/1/2019	David	Rizzo	Republican	Stoneham	Massachusetts	I am sick and tired of having to sit back and watch as this state tries to ram yet another tax increase down our throats. Trying to disguise it as a “climate initiative” may work on most of your... read more I am sick and tired of having to sit back and watch as this state tries to ram yet another tax increase down our throats. Trying to disguise it as a “climate initiative” may work on most of your low information voters but I will be telling as many people as I can that this is nothing more than another scam being pulled on the tax payers. This is a perfect example of why we need two party representation in this state. The Democrats continue to rob us blind and no one holds them accountable.	-
12/1/2019	David	Coolidge	Independent	AUBURNDALE	Massachusetts	Please do not implement this new gas tax. For those of us who must work, must commute and have a job that demands we have independent transportation this is an unavoidable reduction in pay in a... read more Please do not implement this new gas tax. For those of us who must work, must commute and have a job that demands we have independent transportation this is an unavoidable reduction in pay in a state that is already nearly unaffordable to live in. We are held hostage by the government that is supposed to serve us, not punish us. By associating the environment in this bill it passed political correctness muster for the ruling party, but it is a shake down plain and simple.	-
12/1/2019	David	Manley	American Air	West Boylston	Massachusetts	Any tax increase should be voted on by the full state legislature . People are already strapped paying the bloated taxes in this state while State employees never adjust the age at which... read more Any tax increase should be voted on by the full state legislature . People are already strapped paying the bloated taxes in this state while State employees never adjust the age at which they retire with their defined benefit pensions , long ago made obsolete in the private sector Where actual budgets have to be adhered to. The guise of “ climate “ is a complete lie . We should not emulate California lest we become the excrement rich he’ll hole California now has become. Act like a Republican Charlie .	-
12/2/2019	David	Cunniff	Massachusetts Tax Payer	Middleboro	Massachusetts	I am totally against the TCI initiative. This is nothing more than a revenue enhancement scheme. Energy is everything to a robust economy and there are approximately 10 million people employed in... read more I am totally against the TCI initiative. This is nothing more than a revenue enhancement scheme. Energy is everything to a robust economy and there are approximately 10 million people employed in the U.S. working oil and natural gas production/transportation. Fuels taxes and UST storage tank fund taxes by state, combined with the federal excise tax on gasoline and distillates are already high enough. The national average combined fuels tax for gasoline is $0.547 cents per gallon. That is enough.	-
12/2/2019	David	Watts	citizen	Arlington	Massachusetts	The gas tax was defeated by the taxpayers already. This is an attempt to do an end run around the people of Massachusetts and to avoid fiscal responsibility. The gas tax was defeated by the taxpayers already. This is an attempt to do an end run around the people of Massachusetts and to avoid fiscal responsibility.	-
12/9/2019	David	Edwards	Air Liquide	Newark	Delaware	Please find the attached letter regarding the role of hydrogen and fuel cells and the TCI Framework. Please find the attached letter regarding the role of hydrogen and fuel cells and the TCI Framework.	2019-12-06 TCI Framework Letter - Air Liquide.pdf
12/12/2019	David	Dubriske	Mr.	Franklin	Massachusetts	TCI is a slick excuse for a TAX! Baker should NOT be allowed to get Mass into an agreement with other states without going thru state legislature. TCI is a bait and... read more TCI is a slick excuse for a TAX! Baker should NOT be allowed to get Mass into an agreement with other states without going thru state legislature. TCI is a bait and switch, not cap and trade. If the state needs funding for infrastructure improvements, get it from the budget, not new taxes. -Dave	-
12/15/2019	David	Belliveau	Mass citizen	Leominster	Massachusetts	I have just retired, I cannot accetp this illegal Baker tax, I'll never experience an ounce of benefit from this. STOP THIS NOW!!! read more I have just retired, I cannot accetp this illegal Baker tax, I'll never experience an ounce of benefit from this. STOP THIS NOW!!!	-
12/17/2019	David	Pare	Resident, Maine	Augusta	Maine	If people want a vehicle that can be driven across the US without having to purchase gas then government should simply stay out of the way of progress and allow the private sector to develop such... read more If people want a vehicle that can be driven across the US without having to purchase gas then government should simply stay out of the way of progress and allow the private sector to develop such a product. Maine should stay out of the Transportation and Climate Initiative.	-

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