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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Joe Scribellito Independent Dresden Maine
Cap and trade should be decided by the people in public not by back door hand shakes
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Nate Hatch Independent Gorham Maine
In a state where the median age is constantly rising increasing insurance cost etc. How can it even be a thought to drive up fuel cost that would absolutely drive up the cost of living in our...
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Heidi Dow Republican Dover-Foxcroft Maine
Mainers are hard working people trying to meet the needs of their families under the burdens of long winters as well as heavy taxes. Please consider the cost benefit analysis here. What...
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Barbara Dunham Tax payer South Berwick Maine
Maine being a rural state, with many residents that are retired, and many Refugees, there is no way to have public transportation. Putting an additional tax on fuel for vehicles and heating is NOT...
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Heather Andersen None Athens Maine
I'm not at all into politics but this type of leadership is starting to hurt my bottom line. Another tax, another way for someone else to get rich quick. I'm sick of my money being...
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Jeffery Gifford A taxpayer Lincoln Maine
Gas prices and taxes are already high enough
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Jennifer S Carter Life long citizen of Maine Standish Maine
Maine is a lower income state than the majority of states listed in this group. Families and retired folks are working hard to pay our bills as it is....we can't afford an electric car, gas...
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Paul Wasserott P.S.Wasserott, independent trucking company hauling bottles from redemption centers throughout Maine for further recycling Woolwich Maine
Fuel is the greatest expense for my small, independent company. I support my family with this business. It is already difficult to maintain a business in Maine between high fuel costs, high taxes...
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David Buchannon Citizen, voter, taxpayer Springfield Massachusetts
So, a group of well-meaning yet unelected people are pursuing a plan to impose new gas taxes on hard-working, tax paying citizens without following the legislative process. Ever heard of taxation...
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Vincent Tammaro Citizen Lewiston Maine
We are not California. I thought we have made it quite clear we don't want Obama's cap and trade resurrected. We killed Rykersons anti poor, and anti senior bill. Stop persecuting us. We...
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Dean Desmarais Concerned taxpayer Dover New Hampshire
Anything we do at this point won't reduce the environment any noticeable amount in the next 30 years, but if you went after China and India and got them to cut back, well then you'd see...
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bri siepmann citizen saco Maine
Maine is not a big booming state. we work to afford the lives we live, and we can’t afford these ridiculous proposed travel price increases. our governor needs to take her ego down a notch, get...
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Jackie Peterson Maine resident Sanford Maine
Maine people can't afford this crazy dream. Why are you not doing things that will help us? stop
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LAUREL LIBBY Maine resident AUBURN Maine
Maine people can not afford to pay higher costs for our heating and transportation.DO NOT sign the memorandum of understanding and commit us to this initiative.
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Darlene Leisentritt makes no difference Lincoln Maine
I do not feel the state of Maine should join the other states on this TCI. As everyone should know, if you increase the price of gas it makes everything else go up in cost. The people of the...
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Marilyn Thompson Retired 65 years live longMaine resident in rural ME Naples Maine
Living in rural ME, needing a vehicle, increased gas prices would impede travel to doctors appointment in further communities and cause an already stretched budget to created more problems . Also...
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Fred Leisentritt Taxpayer Lincoln Maine
Please stop raising taxes. You are trying to call it by another name because you are lying to the public. If the government is taking more of our money without public approval it is theft even...
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Darlene Taylor-Crommett None Sidney Maine
This cannot be allowed to happen in Maine.

This would devastate the poor and elderly in their ability to heat their homes!
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Micayla Bucklin Mainer Searsport Maine
Hello. I have a few questions for you....

1. How is raising gas prices going to help Mainers who cannot afford gas as it is?

2. What about the low income people who need that money...
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Jason Simpson None Scarborough Maine
Stop... Educate yourselves before crippling our State with your willy nilli ideas. We can not have blide Leadership. Ignorance is not Bliss it is however, extremely expensive when wielded...
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