10/13/2019 |
Mary |
Dumond |
Mrs. |
Frenchville |
Maine |
Please do not sign the MOU this is unconstitutional. Please do not sign the MOU this is unconstitutional. |
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10/13/2019 |
Lucille |
Sevigny |
Maine Tax payer |
Orrington |
Maine |
Governor Mill is very out of touch with the struggles of our rural residences.
Raising taxes on gas is not going to help anyone. This is not good for Maine Governor Mill is very out of touch with the struggles of our rural residences.
Raising taxes on gas is not going to help anyone. This is not good for Maine |
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10/14/2019 |
Peter |
Starr |
Private contractor |
Hermon |
Maine |
I believe this initiative does have some merit but unfortunately the side effects will impact everyone in the state. I look at California's current situation with $5 + gas prices which doesn... read more I believe this initiative does have some merit but unfortunately the side effects will impact everyone in the state. I look at California's current situation with $5 + gas prices which doesn't just effect business but private citizens as well. This is another detrimental effect on our economy costing all businesses to suffer and subsequently leave Maine. Small business can't afford additional costs to operate and end up passing it on to their customers or going out of business. Our rural state is not a good fit for this kind of plan. |
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10/14/2019 |
Laura |
Rice |
Republican |
Gardiner |
Maine |
Absolutely ridiculous. Let’s spend all this money til there’s nothing left to spend. Stupid b****. Absolutely ridiculous. Let’s spend all this money til there’s nothing left to spend. Stupid b****. |
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10/14/2019 |
Bruce |
Lord |
Republican |
Gorham |
Maine |
I do not support our governor in joining this coalition. She didnt get the approval of her state and many of us here dont believe she would be acting in our best interests to initiate more costs... read more I do not support our governor in joining this coalition. She didnt get the approval of her state and many of us here dont believe she would be acting in our best interests to initiate more costs for us when we are already struggling with the costs of heating our homes and commuting to and from work.she has spent enough of our hard earned money for her term!
At a time when conflicting facts are coming out about climate change, we need to take a closer look before spending our money on it when any significant improvements to come from this is negligible. |
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10/14/2019 |
John |
Fitzgerald |
white male senior |
CUMBERLAND |
Maine |
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10/14/2019 |
steven |
babb |
none |
Westbrook |
Maine |
Mills, along with any democrat will do anything in their power to get more power for their party and more money out of the people. They are corrupt and incompetent and do not care about productive... read more Mills, along with any democrat will do anything in their power to get more power for their party and more money out of the people. They are corrupt and incompetent and do not care about productive policy - they care about PROFITABLE policy. That is why Mills is pushing the CMP corridor; to the horror of the entire state she is supposed to be running. She hasn't paid her inaugural bills yet, and is a known cocaine addict. How did this joke get elected? I have no doubt she would love to put multiple taxes on gasoline, which will absolutely KILL Maines young people and working class, both of which are leaving the state already for places that pay better money and don't have such a ridiculous tax burden. You can't have a mailbox in Maine without $200 a year in property taxes. Some states out west and in central America pay less than us for a hundred acres or more of land. The only way to go carbon neutral is to catapult yourself into the sun without using fossil fuels (good luck building that device) Short of that, you ARE NOT carbon neutral. These ridiculous proposals will waste our entire budget to generate 15% of our power via "renewable" sources - and half the country will die of starvation if we follow just any one of their stupid goals like not eating meat, or not using any fossil fuels. The entire society, and all of civilization will collapse if these idiots are actually given the green light on their lofty, moronic, short sighted goals. Liberals suffer from extreme cognitive dissonance, nirvana fallacys and rhetoric. Climate alarmism is not based on actual science, data, logic, theory or evidence. Transportation is not even man kinds largest contributing factor in regard to greenhouse gas emissions, farm animals are. This will also do NOTHING to alleviate the need for fossil fuels by our state or culture, it just puts more money in government pockets taken from citizens and businesses. This gesture is virtue signaling at it's heart- doing NOTHING to fix a problem while posturing to appear virtuous while in reality just exacerbating the problem or spending all of your effort on appearing to be a good samaritan instead of working on the problem. Care to guess how much time and effort Mills is spending on developing vertical farming? nuclear or thorium power? new cleaner fertilizers pesticides herbicides and fungicides? Improving solar power? None, zero - zilch - nada. These people do not work for solutions, they do not WANT or CARE about solutions, they want to preach about a problem; real or imagined, to increase their personal wealth and power. Climate alarmism is cyclical like doomsday prophecy. Al Gore said the ice caps would be melted and polar bears would be extinct by now. Earths climate and temperature has never been linear or static and it probably never will be. We have solar minimums and maximums, ice ages, and geography that essentially creates a climate cycle by itself. To think humans can control the climate other than avoiding things that do catastrophic damage is the height of arrogance ignorance and armchair activism. If you want to have a cleaner Earth and you aren't talking about China, India, and Africa, as well as nuclear or thorium power you are either stupid manipulating people with appeals to fear or full of shit. |
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10/14/2019 |
Myrtle |
Williams |
Citizen |
Saint Francis |
Maine |
Not exactly sure what Mills is up to but I do know that we CAN NOT AFFORD anything that is going to raise our gas and oil prices at all. What do they think people will do if they Do Not have fair... read more Not exactly sure what Mills is up to but I do know that we CAN NOT AFFORD anything that is going to raise our gas and oil prices at all. What do they think people will do if they Do Not have fair priced oil to heat their homes in the winter/Cold weather.. |
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10/15/2019 |
Blake |
Banky |
Newport Biodiesel |
Newport |
Rhode Island |
California's LCFS program has met with tremendous success. Our region's proposed TCI program is inferior in design to that of the LCFS program in that ours requires a central... read more California's LCFS program has met with tremendous success. Our region's proposed TCI program is inferior in design to that of the LCFS program in that ours requires a central organization to allocate collected funds for investment. This aspect of the program will undoubtedly become contentious and likely achieve sub-optimal results. If our region is going to go through the difficult undertaking of a coordinated GHG reduction program, let's merely copy the proven model from California! |
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10/15/2019 |
Lou |
Galgano |
Citizen |
Livermore Falls |
Maine |
Dear Governor Mills,
The citizens of the state of Maine do not need another tax because our government chooses not to live within its means.
We are not your personal piggy banks... read more Dear Governor Mills,
The citizens of the state of Maine do not need another tax because our government chooses not to live within its means.
We are not your personal piggy banks wallet or savings account.
We are a big state and travel is part of our life making it hard to travel within our own state only hurts us as Citizens please do not raise the gas tax thank you Lou galgano |
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10/15/2019 |
Susan |
Boyce |
Resident of Maine |
Rockport |
Maine |
This is something Maine can not afford. Our cost of living vs income is extremely unbalanced, especially in coastal towns. Our property taxes are going up regularly, while our property values... read more This is something Maine can not afford. Our cost of living vs income is extremely unbalanced, especially in coastal towns. Our property taxes are going up regularly, while our property values remain stagnant. Mainers cannot afford to fund this or any other programs until our economy improves. This will cripple us as prices for everything will rise as a result. This needs to be reconsidered for Maine. |
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10/15/2019 |
Anthony |
Cherolis |
Transport Hartford at the Center for Latino Progress |
Hartford |
Connecticut |
The Transport Hartford Academy has been sharing a statewide survey on the topic of reducing greenhouse gas emissions from the transportation sector with those that live and/or work in Connecticut... read more The Transport Hartford Academy has been sharing a statewide survey on the topic of reducing greenhouse gas emissions from the transportation sector with those that live and/or work in Connecticut. The survey began on Oct 1st and will close on Oct 29th. The survey is being shared well beyond the network of environmental advocates. For example, AAA will be sharing the survey with Connecticut members. The survey has also been shared widely across city and town social media discussion groups. The survey includes home and work zip code information, and intentional outreach is being focused on areas of the state that do not have many responses. The survey currently underrepresents low-income, younger age groups, and people of color relative to their share of the state’s demographic. Intentional outreach is being focused on those groups and their responses could be considered separately to home in on equity issues.
Halfway through the survey, the results are quite interesting. There are clear preferences in Connecticut for which TCI revenue investments and complementary policies have the most support. Here are a few overall responses pulled from a 10/15 snapshot 65% Strongly Support and 18% Support a TCI cap-and-invest program in Connecticut. There was also a super-majority of support for dedicating a percentage of TCI revenue to overburdened and underserved communities and environmental justice projects.
Connecticut Survey Link – www.tinyurl.com/tci19survey
Live, Snapshot of Survey Results (these results update automatically until the survey closes on Oct 29th)
- Demographics, awareness, and support of TCI – https://centerlatino.wufoo.com/reports/transportation-climate-initiative-report-1/
- Support for potential TCI investments - https://centerlatino.wufoo.com/reports/transportation-climate-initiative-report-2/
- Support for potential complementary policies - https://centerlatino.wufoo.com/reports/transportation-climate-initiative-report-3/
- Survey comments on revenue investment and complementary policies - https://centerlatino.wufoo.com/reports/transportation-climate-initiative-report-4/
We believe strongly that these survey results (after the survey closes on Oct 29th) should be used to help shape Connecticut's approach to a politically viable and publicly supported state framework to the Transportation Climate Initiative. If similar or identical surveys were delivered in partner states, their results could be combined to set the most successful regional framework for TCI and the complementary policies.
Beyond the information gathered from the survey, sharing the survey widely across the state has a civic engagement and educational benefit. In the 10/15 snapshot 50% of respondents knew nothing at all about the Transportation Climate Initiative. 40% or respondents didn't know that the transportation sector was the state (and the region's) largest contributor to emissions. |
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10/17/2019 |
Craig |
Candage |
MAINE taxpayer |
Buxton |
Maine |
We don’t need higher prices on gasoline. Just stop. We don’t need higher prices on gasoline. Just stop. |
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10/17/2019 |
Jennifer |
Haslett |
Citizen |
Newburgh |
Maine |
Charging permit fees & raising gas prices will not reduce emissions. I do not have access to public transportation and still need to get to work. You would be making it harder on people who... read more Charging permit fees & raising gas prices will not reduce emissions. I do not have access to public transportation and still need to get to work. You would be making it harder on people who work and easier to give up and go on state benefits. Why not go after vehicle emission standards during inspections? |
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10/17/2019 |
anthony |
thibeault |
Maine citizen |
st john plt |
Maine |
For most Mainers we depend on the forestry industry, we have to travel to work, not just a 5 minute drive, more like an hour plus. My wife has to drive her and our son for appointments over an... read more For most Mainers we depend on the forestry industry, we have to travel to work, not just a 5 minute drive, more like an hour plus. My wife has to drive her and our son for appointments over an hour and 4 hours away. We are a 1 income family because my wife is disabled. For us to get any decent health care we have to go way out of town.. |
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10/17/2019 |
Taylor |
Leavitt |
Republican |
Lamoine |
Maine |
By implementing these permitting fees on Maine business who sell gasoline and diesel, you are relaying the financial burden on to all Mainers. In return, the price of gas will go up for all Maine... read more By implementing these permitting fees on Maine business who sell gasoline and diesel, you are relaying the financial burden on to all Mainers. In return, the price of gas will go up for all Maine residents who rely on the low prices for commuting to and from work. The increase in the gas prices will cause and overall rise in the cost of living. Why should Mainers suffer this burden?
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10/17/2019 |
Dave |
Johnson |
n/a |
underhill |
Vermont |
I am very concerned over the TCIs goal of rationing fuel through auctions. This will artificialy drive up fuel costs for the most vulnerable in the state. We have no control over these fuel... read more I am very concerned over the TCIs goal of rationing fuel through auctions. This will artificialy drive up fuel costs for the most vulnerable in the state. We have no control over these fuel rations yet what happens when we have an unusually cold winter and lets say with long term power outages. Then what, we pay the piper. What happens when the fuel carbon allowance is exceeded due to out of state visitors that we forget to factor in to the equation. Killington World Cup attracts thousands of SUVs. In the seventies, I was taught personal responsibility, and to spread that message. Now we teach our children that ineffective protesting is the only way forward. Teach your children how to be a custodian of the planet and stay out of my life. Climate change=corporate greed, not me and my family trying to survive on less and less. Take away everyones money and theyll quit polluting the planet. Start with Leo and Al? |
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10/17/2019 |
Carmen |
Small |
Mrs. |
Robinston |
Maine |
Gov. Mills, you should take a trip to this way down east corner of the state. Washington County can not afford to go along with this. There is no public transportation here, and most of us have to... read more Gov. Mills, you should take a trip to this way down east corner of the state. Washington County can not afford to go along with this. There is no public transportation here, and most of us have to drive at least 2 hours for medical appointments. We are very limited on our shopping choices here, as it is, and this will make it even more difficult on a population that is mainly those on limited incomes as it is. An elderly gentleman told me many moons ago that "Washington County is the dumping ground for the poor, the elderly and the handicapped". For the most part this still holds true, 40 years later. Please do not become part of this and make it even harder for those of us who live here and have no finances to escape. |
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10/18/2019 |
Kevin |
Meindl |
Buffalo Sewer |
Buffalo |
New York |
Transportation infrastructure should include vegetated green infrastructure to manage stormwater as well as reduce air pollution and urban heat. Vegetation directly adjacent to roadways can... read more Transportation infrastructure should include vegetated green infrastructure to manage stormwater as well as reduce air pollution and urban heat. Vegetation directly adjacent to roadways can decrease PM2.5 and PM10 as well as be up to 9 degrees cooler than surrounding areas. In addition, vegetation incorporated into transportation networks helps sequester CO2 and other GHG.
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10/19/2019 |
Kathy |
Offord |
Mainer |
Jay |
Maine |
Why are "WE"...(MAINE RESIDENTS) paying more and getting less. This proposal does "US"...(MAINE RESIDENTS) no good. "WE"...(MAINE RESIDENTS) pay and pay and have... read more Why are "WE"...(MAINE RESIDENTS) paying more and getting less. This proposal does "US"...(MAINE RESIDENTS) no good. "WE"...(MAINE RESIDENTS) pay and pay and have no say in how these designs are made until "WE" ...(MAINE RESIDENTS) hear after the fact that it was done and said ..."its for the good of all Mainers". Governor Mills has made decisions that "WE"...(MAINE RESIDENTS) do not agree with and feel they are not fully made with "OUR INTERESTS"...(MAINE RESIDENTS) in mind. I wish Governor Mills would let "US"...(MAINE RESIDENTS ) help her in making decisions that will impact "OUR LIVES"...(MAINE RESIDENTS). This proposal is definitely NOT in "OUR"...(MAINE RESIDENTS) best interest. |
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