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
12/1/2019	Chris	Hoikala	Republican	Billerica	Massachusetts	Charlie, enough of you not doing your job to help the middle class. We do not need a gas tax to fix our problems. You need to cut out the bloated payrolls at 2 of your favorite institutions like... read more Charlie, enough of you not doing your job to help the middle class. We do not need a gas tax to fix our problems. You need to cut out the bloated payrolls at 2 of your favorite institutions like the RMV and Massdot. You need to quit hiring idiots like Thomas Bowes to expect our problems to go away. They will multiply !! I hope Geoff Diehl will run for governor and bring back some fiscal responsibility to Massachusetts. You seem to have lost interest in what you were voted in to do. Time for you to go.	-
12/4/2019	Marc	Lombardo	MA House of Representatives	Billerica	Massachusetts	Any revenue mechanism should be passed through the legislature and not done unilaterally by the executive branch of government. Tax increases must be initiated by the House of Representatives and... read more Any revenue mechanism should be passed through the legislature and not done unilaterally by the executive branch of government. Tax increases must be initiated by the House of Representatives and having a Governor sign this on his own authority is a bad precedent.	-
1/16/2020	Peg	whelley	none	billerica	Massachusetts	Boston is being choked by traffic, to the point i have changed my behavior. We really need a regional proposal for public transportation. Boston is being choked by traffic, to the point i have changed my behavior. We really need a regional proposal for public transportation.	-
2/27/2020	Ann	Thompson	Teaching Artist	Biddeford Pool	Maine	I am a citizen in the rapidly developing city of Biddeford, Maine. Although Biddeford and Saco are adding many residential units in formerly vacant mills they are not adequately anticipating the... read more I am a citizen in the rapidly developing city of Biddeford, Maine. Although Biddeford and Saco are adding many residential units in formerly vacant mills they are not adequately anticipating the transportation emergency that may result with no clear public transportation adaptations. Extended diesel spewing bus routes will not be enough or good for our environment. Low cost electric shuttles might be an answer in addition to bikeways and pedestrian malls. Alternatives need to be proposed.	-
11/4/2019	Colby	Gahagan	Resident	Biddeford	Maine	I find it completely irrational that the govenor would even entertain the idea of raising prices on gas when the cost of living in most of maine is getting preposterous. I'm a 24 year old... read more I find it completely irrational that the govenor would even entertain the idea of raising prices on gas when the cost of living in most of maine is getting preposterous. I'm a 24 year old male. I have a good job and I work full time. With that being said even with my partner paying half of our bills we barely have enough pay our bills and save anything to progress our life beyond renting. I know I'm not alone when it comes to these kinds of financial situations, and I'm one of the lucky ones without student loan debts! The cost of living for us young people is already pushing us from the state. If you want the state to flourish we must take care of the young people who will be responsible for it sooner rather than later. We are the ones who suffer inevitably.. I Make over $40,000 a year and I'm struggling I'm not even close to drowning in debt and my friends of which who have student loans have to actually stay with their parents because they cannot afford their bills and their rent. The last thing we need is a higher taxs on gas. All that does if funnel money to the government and does absolutely nothing for the people. If you want to reduce emission (in one of the lowest populated states??) Propose bills that actually have to do with making a change towards a cleaner alternative. Not just something that will widen the gap from us normal people from middle class to the wealthy.	-
1/12/2020	john	wingfield	republica	Biddeford	Maine	do not raise taxes do not raise taxes	-
1/16/2020	Johnj	Wallach	Good Shepard Paris	biddeford	Maine	Please create infrastructure to eliminate carbon emissions Please create infrastructure to eliminate carbon emissions	-
11/12/2019	Benjamin	Lunt	Taxpaying consumer	Beverly	Massachusetts	This is essentially adding a tax on fuel without calling it a tax. It will result in higher prices for taxpaying citizens who need fuel to get to work. This will hurt our economy and ultimately... read more This is essentially adding a tax on fuel without calling it a tax. It will result in higher prices for taxpaying citizens who need fuel to get to work. This will hurt our economy and ultimately will do very little to help the environment.	-
12/1/2019	Paul	Tacey	Taxpayer	Beverly	Massachusetts	Clean up the fraud and waste in the Massachusetts legislature before you come to steal more of my money. Massachusetts has a corruption problem in their government. I have taken steps to move out... read more Clean up the fraud and waste in the Massachusetts legislature before you come to steal more of my money. Massachusetts has a corruption problem in their government. I have taken steps to move out of this state.	-
12/15/2019	Mark	Kolnsberg	tax paying citizen	Beverly	Massachusetts	I do not support the TCI. Making taxes higher on working private sector citizens to fight climate change is a waste of our hard earned money as anything we do in Massachusetts to lower CO2... read more I do not support the TCI. Making taxes higher on working private sector citizens to fight climate change is a waste of our hard earned money as anything we do in Massachusetts to lower CO2 emissions will not create any global impact due to the CO2 emissions of India and China. TCI is just any other money grab to support the bloated public sectors salaries and defined pensions private sector tax payers do not get with no impact on quality of life. Worse, the legislature will not even vote on it, it is unconstitutional for the governor to simply increase taxes.	-
1/12/2020	David	SCANLON	- None -	Beverly	Massachusetts	Enough taxes in Massachusetts already, cut some "fluff" jobs from the payrolls, eliminate a few pensions. In general get your house in order. Do your job and spare us retirees the... read more Enough taxes in Massachusetts already, cut some "fluff" jobs from the payrolls, eliminate a few pensions. In general get your house in order. Do your job and spare us retirees the hardship of mpre taxes. Do something, anything to find the money we keep pouring into the giant sieve called state government. Cut the pork out of your own budget as there is none left in mine.	-
1/22/2020	Joseph	Rochna	Leagal Citizen	Beverly	Massachusetts	I am opposed to the TCI proposal. This is a tax and the legislature must vote on this, remember 2014? I am tired of the "climate change" frauds, climate has never been, is not now... read more I am opposed to the TCI proposal. This is a tax and the legislature must vote on this, remember 2014? I am tired of the "climate change" frauds, climate has never been, is not now and never will be static, it is dynamic. I remember from the seventies warnings of a new ice age by the nineties. I also do not want any more of my money to go to the MBTA for anything, including their unfunded pensions. Not my fault, not my problem. Have you ever wondered why there are so many Mass plates in NH on the weekends? How can you justify following the same failed policies of California? Sincerely, Joe Rochna	-
2/7/2020	George	Binns	Independent tax payer	Beverly	Massachusetts	If there isn't a problem, this TCI program will create one. Adding fees to the producers/distributor is just conscripting business to collect a tax on consumers. I've listened... read more If there isn't a problem, this TCI program will create one. Adding fees to the producers/distributor is just conscripting business to collect a tax on consumers. I've listened to all the hand wring and false claim of imminent disaster for the last 60 years (from "the Ice Ages is coming, to "the Oceans will flood the world" and "the hurricane will get worse"). None of it has happened. The whole thing is a fabrication based on extrapolations of a chaotic (in the mathematical sense) computer program trying to solve the Navier-Stokes equation for a turbulent boundary layer on a spinning sphere with gravity and variable heat input. The science isn't there yet! Blaming every thing on the Industrial Revolution ignores the fact the the Little Ice Age ended about 1850 (the last winter carnival on the frozen Thames outside London was 1814). Anyone with a little history would expect the world to get warmer after that. With out an atmosphere the Earth would have an average temperature like the Moon -- zero degrees F. (This can also be calculated from basic radiant heat transfer.) So we are getting ~60 degrees of global warming from the atmosphere. If CO2 was a major contributor, increasing from 280 ppm to 415ppm (an almost 50% increase) there should be more than a 0.8 Deg C increase. There is no technical basic for the panic! I'm all in favor of better, more efficient, safer public transportation! But that means for the most part catching up on all the deferred maintenance.	-
2/13/2020	Thom	Adorney	Mass Audobon	Beverly	Massachusetts	We've known for decades that the current climate crisis was coming, but lacked the public will to act. Now we have our backs to the wall and must take bold, decisive action if we are to have... read more We've known for decades that the current climate crisis was coming, but lacked the public will to act. Now we have our backs to the wall and must take bold, decisive action if we are to have a fighting chance at reversing our current trajectory. Modest measures won't do. Leaders must lead and communicate to their constituents the financial costs of doing too little or nothing, which will be in the billions or trillions of dollars. We CAN shape the future to correct for our past short-sightedness. Thanks, Thom Adorney	-
2/15/2020	Mark	Round	Voter, Over Taxed Taxpayer	BEVERLY	Massachusetts	This is another tax for something I do not use. Plus it is unlikely to be used in it's entirety for the intended purpose. Please no more taxes. read more This is another tax for something I do not use. Plus it is unlikely to be used in it's entirety for the intended purpose. Please no more taxes.	-
5/8/2020	Jeffrey	Boucher	350 MA	Beverly	Massachusetts	This is a much needed step in our ongoing response to climate change. We need to be developing low/no carbon transportation systems now to insure the viability of our planet This is a much needed step in our ongoing response to climate change. We need to be developing low/no carbon transportation systems now to insure the viability of our planet	-
10/28/2019	James	Deiter	Deiter Bros. Heating Cooling Energy	Bethlehem	Pennsylvania	I am adamantly opposed to this as it would unfairly burden consumers and business in the State of Pennsylvania who already pay the highest fuel taxes in the Country! I am adamantly opposed to this as it would unfairly burden consumers and business in the State of Pennsylvania who already pay the highest fuel taxes in the Country!	-
1/16/2020	ELLEN	MCGUIRE	PA	BETHLEHEM	Pennsylvania	I hope that PA will formally join the plan to reduce emissions and that the policy will have a strong component of equity by prioritizing clean investments in areas overburdened by pollution and/... read more I hope that PA will formally join the plan to reduce emissions and that the policy will have a strong component of equity by prioritizing clean investments in areas overburdened by pollution and/or for those who don't have access.	-
2/26/2020	Thom	Fistner	concerned citizen	Bethlehem	Pennsylvania	Alarming evidence demands urgent action to reduce carbon emissions. A meaningful and comprehensive carbon reduction plan must address a wide variety of transportation modes, penalize excessive... read more Alarming evidence demands urgent action to reduce carbon emissions. A meaningful and comprehensive carbon reduction plan must address a wide variety of transportation modes, penalize excessive emissions and reward low/no emission transportation initiatives. Increase public awareness and encourage wider cooperation. Support effective carbon sequestration technologies and require implementation of same. We must act promptly to overcome this global threat.	-
2/26/2020	Bob	Riggs	LEPOCO	Bethlehem	Pennsylvania	Imperative that citizens of the United States discontinue driving autos except in emergencies. Imperative that citizens of the United States discontinue driving autos except in emergencies.	-

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