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
11/12/2019	Joseph	Walsh	citizen	Bridgewater	Massachusetts	This is a tax. All taxes must be voted upon by each state's legislation read more This is a tax. All taxes must be voted upon by each state's legislation	-
11/12/2019	Rich	Fairfull	Citizen	Whitinsville	Massachusetts	Please pursue your goals by making an open, honest, case and let the voters decide. The people must decide by voting. Please pursue your goals by making an open, honest, case and let the voters decide. The people must decide by voting.	-
11/12/2019	Anthony	Goodwin	citizen	Lynn	Massachusetts	How about we start with some cost saving measures first? One small example are the 40 or so MBTA and MADOT cars parked on 45 High Street Boston. Funny thing is they are there all day and after... read more How about we start with some cost saving measures first? One small example are the 40 or so MBTA and MADOT cars parked on 45 High Street Boston. Funny thing is they are there all day and after business hours they are all gone. I wonder where they go? Are they take home cars for MBTA & MADOT staff paid for with my dime? Ok, before anyone says it...."These employee's require to be able to respond to emergencies outside of T operating hours..." Listen. I and others I work with have to respond to my office in Boston for emergencies after hours. Guess what? My company would be out of business if they provided us all with company cars. They reimburse me for my parking, mileage or a taxi. Why can't government do the same.	-
11/12/2019	Thomas	Burke	Citizen	Dartmouth	Massachusetts	This is potentially ANOTHER TAX on the WORKING members and their families. Mismanagement of our transportation departments does NOT warrant another tax on the WORKING (!) public. Find... read more This is potentially ANOTHER TAX on the WORKING members and their families. Mismanagement of our transportation departments does NOT warrant another tax on the WORKING (!) public. Find $$ elsewhere !	-
11/12/2019	Ronald	Karcz	Citizen	Lawrence	Massachusetts	Please don't foist a gas tax on us and disguise it as some kind of "initiative". It's a tax and taxes should be raised through the legislature. If our legislators are afraid to... read more Please don't foist a gas tax on us and disguise it as some kind of "initiative". It's a tax and taxes should be raised through the legislature. If our legislators are afraid to add a gas tax because of possible voter disapproval, it shouldn't be done at all.	-
11/12/2019	Lisa	Gillum	Citizen	mashpee	Massachusetts	This proposed policy for low-carbon transportation is a blatant effort to disguise a gas tax increase. It’s a very deceitful attempt by TCI to institute a carbon tax without a vote by our... read more This proposed policy for low-carbon transportation is a blatant effort to disguise a gas tax increase. It’s a very deceitful attempt by TCI to institute a carbon tax without a vote by our lawmakers. As I understand it they plan to carry out their policy design through a “cap-and trade” system for motor fuel carbon emissions, more honestly referred to as a gas tax. Some in the Massachusetts government prefer to think of TCI as a regulation and not a tax, thus not requiring legislative approval. Call it what you will - we will all be paying more for gas just to support more wasteful and inefficient government spending. To implement this policy without the support of the elected representatives of my state government is grossly irresponsible. If and when my elected representatives have the opportunity to consider and vote on it, I want the opportunity to hold them accountable for this tax. I consider the intent of this initiative to be fundamentally flawed.	-
11/13/2019	Angeline	Benoit	citizen	READING	Massachusetts	The legislatures make the laws. We the people have a right to vote on this. Charlie Baker, This is not Cuba! The legislatures make the laws. We the people have a right to vote on this. Charlie Baker, This is not Cuba!	-
11/13/2019	patrick	philbin	citizen	waltham	Massachusetts	any taxes or government imposed fees need to be public and voted on by roll call votes. I want to know who votes and how. Stop this subversive, secret abuse of power. any taxes or government imposed fees need to be public and voted on by roll call votes. I want to know who votes and how. Stop this subversive, secret abuse of power.	-
11/13/2019	Richard	Gagnon	Citizen	Rockport	Massachusetts	Use the money we already collect each year wisely. No taxation without representation. Use the money we already collect each year wisely. No taxation without representation.	-
11/13/2019	Alan	Miner	Citizen	Rochester	Massachusetts	TCI is another attempt to ram another tax down our throats. Once the politicians start taking your money without your approval, especially for a " CLIMATE" initiative it will never end.... read more TCI is another attempt to ram another tax down our throats. Once the politicians start taking your money without your approval, especially for a " CLIMATE" initiative it will never end. Any money that is spent on something that you can never change,like the "CLIMATE" will turn into a progressive milking of taxpayer money . Like the progressive tax tax that we voted against some years ago. Unlike the FMLA "TAX" that was forced on the Massachusetts worker, this "TCI" should ,at the very least, be brought to the voters. Don't the citizens of Massachusetts pay enough taxes? Bring it to the voters.	-
11/19/2019	Nick	Rotiroti	Citizen	Avon	Massachusetts	Then TCI initiative is a tax on all of us without representation . It should not be allowed . California is paying gas at $4 plus a gallon and they are falling apart . It is another power grab by... read more Then TCI initiative is a tax on all of us without representation . It should not be allowed . California is paying gas at $4 plus a gallon and they are falling apart . It is another power grab by you politicians especially without getting the citizens involved . Please stop this	-
11/26/2019	Erik	H	Citizen	Gloucester	Massachusetts	With particulates, smog, gas and oil ruining our air and being drained into our waterways and the ridiculous subsidization of fossil fuels knowing the immense harm it causes I am strongly in favor... read more With particulates, smog, gas and oil ruining our air and being drained into our waterways and the ridiculous subsidization of fossil fuels knowing the immense harm it causes I am strongly in favor of a regional approach that is supported by our elected leaders and backed by reams of evidence. Our power sector has successfully reduced GHGs through cap and trade while allowing flexibility. Our power prices would be even higher if we did not undertake efficiency measures and the move away from filthy and expensive coal. Improving mass transit, promoting other modes of transportation and electrifying the transport network is an incredible economic, health and GHG reduction strategy. We elect Democrats and responsible Republicans up in the Northeast precisely for measures like these.	-
12/1/2019	Lawrence	Kelley	Citizen	Plymouth	Massachusetts	Enough is enough stop this foolish proposal Enough is enough stop this foolish proposal	-
12/1/2019	Thomas	FitzGerald	Citizen	Northampton	Massachusetts	To begin, I am appalled at the nefarious manner in which this insidious and outlandish scheme is being foisted upon the working people of the Commonwealth, and to express my absolute disgust at... read more To begin, I am appalled at the nefarious manner in which this insidious and outlandish scheme is being foisted upon the working people of the Commonwealth, and to express my absolute disgust at the charlatans who conceived it and are attempting to enact it by deceit and subterfuge. If such draconian measures are required to allieviate the purported "climate change" emergency, then let it be done at the national level, in the light of day. Rather than target the middle clas, perhaps instead you should add confiscatory taxes to luxury cars, first-class airplane seats, yachts, and luxury homes in Swampscott, Louisberg Square and Hyannisport.	-
12/1/2019	Brian	Curley	Citizen	Boston	Massachusetts	This is an ILLEGAL GAS TAX. The voters of Massachusetts rejected this concept in 2014. The proposed “fee” (tax) needs to go through the appropriate legislative process. In addition, funding of... read more This is an ILLEGAL GAS TAX. The voters of Massachusetts rejected this concept in 2014. The proposed “fee” (tax) needs to go through the appropriate legislative process. In addition, funding of these progressive initiatives should come from sources other than overburdened taxpayers. STOP.	-
12/2/2019	Nick	Bagarella	Citizen	Woburn	Massachusetts	stop the madness - citizens are the ones to address this issue, not just our "elected officials" read more stop the madness - citizens are the ones to address this issue, not just our "elected officials"	-
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.	-
12/2/2019	christine	savage	citizen	boston	Massachusetts	Outrageous! Since when is Massachusetts taxed without representation! We are so overburdened with taxes as is and this tax will hit the middle class the hardest. Where are our tax dollars spent?... read more Outrageous! Since when is Massachusetts taxed without representation! We are so overburdened with taxes as is and this tax will hit the middle class the hardest. Where are our tax dollars spent? Not on transportation? Another train derailed today! Infrastructure? Nope. It's so old that I'm shocked that the lights come on when I flip the switch. Road maintenance. The potholes in Boston have yet to be fixed on our major highways since last winter. Encore is paying a large amount of taxes..where's it going? We "fined" them for an extra $35 million. Where is that money going? Who is running the show? State taxes originate in the House of Representatives. "Carbon fee"?? Who do you think you're kidding??????	-
12/3/2019	Michael	Modica	citizen	Saugus	Massachusetts	If this is really about the environment and not just another tax increase, it will be made revenue-neutral, perhaps with a fixed dollar amount tax credit/benefits increase, so that if you consume... read more If this is really about the environment and not just another tax increase, it will be made revenue-neutral, perhaps with a fixed dollar amount tax credit/benefits increase, so that if you consume less than the average amount of fuel you get back more than you paid, and if you consume more, you get back less than you paid.	-
12/15/2019	Steinberg	Peter	Citizen	Boston	Massachusetts	I believe this is doomed to fail in reducing admissions, will disproportionately hurt low income citizens and is being advanced without appropriate legislative action in the various states it has... read more I believe this is doomed to fail in reducing admissions, will disproportionately hurt low income citizens and is being advanced without appropriate legislative action in the various states it has been proposed in. I vehemently oppose this being enacted without legislative approval.	-

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