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. 
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Karen (Kelley) Harriman Independent Bucksport Maine
Just stop gov. mills, enough is enough
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Kelly Young None Readfield Maine
I am against anything that raises the cost of fuel. Enough said.
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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.
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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...
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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...
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Barbara Dunham Citizen South Berwick Maine
Since Maine is made. Up of largely rural areas. We don't have public transportation. We have a large senior citizens who live on social security. It is not unusual for seniors to travel 10 or...
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Janet Horsager n/a Old Town Maine
We need to be funding alternative transportation options. This can either be electric vehicles or hydrogen vehicles. Especially in Maine, we need to decrease carbon emission from personal vehicles...
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Mariana Tupper individual (no affiliation) Yarmouth Maine
We need a powerful plan to reduce transportation pollution. The amount of traffic is crazy. Interstate, long-distance travel should mostly be via public transportation, not personal vehicles....
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Paul Nichter Libertarian Islesboro Maine
I do believe we need a modest increase in the gas/fuel tax to maintain our highways because of smaller, more fuel efficient cars and electric vehicles, but current proposals are WAY TOO HIGH and...
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Michelle Hank poor rural Mainer Lincoln county Maine
We live in a largely rural state where we have to drive more than the average distance to get anything that we need. This tax would cost us too much. Many of our citizens are older and on fixed...
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Mayghan Farrin Maine resident Topsham Maine
Maine is Maine for a reason. We are NOT California. We aren't surfing and eating avocado for breakfast. We are a different people. We are hunting people. We are woods people. We are different...
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Michala Bingham Tax payer Somerville Maine
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Alan Vaccaro Maine citizen Springvale Maine
Our governor forcing this tax does more harm than good. Stop the nonsense and punishing poor and middle class which make up the majority of the state.
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Richard Webb Taxpayer Gardiner Maine
This is ill advised and will be disaterous for those Mainers that are already living on the edge. Those that are able to will have no choice but to move to another state, those who can't will...
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John Finney Republican Buxton Maine
Please stop this nonsense. Stop adding taxes or penalties. I do not support any of this and I only know a few people who do. Janet Mills is bad for Maine which is why she's the 7th most...
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Noah Perlut University of New England Scarborough Maine
Hello, we need to invest in low-carbon or carbon-neutral methods of mobility and where possible, capitalize on opportunities to increase options for and use of public transportation. Doing so...
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