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	Ron	Enemark	Voter	Braintree	Massachusetts	STOP this NOW!!!! Whatever you try to call this it’s just another TAX! We’re not so stupid we don’t see this for what it is. If you try to call it anything else you just prove politicians are... read more STOP this NOW!!!! Whatever you try to call this it’s just another TAX! We’re not so stupid we don’t see this for what it is. If you try to call it anything else you just prove politicians are LYING SACKS OF CRAP. I voted for Baker in the past, if this goes through I WILL NOT vote for him again. I implore all other VICTIMS (not stakeholders) to make the same pledge and then follow through on it. Stop the wasteful spending in government and we’ll all be better off and not need more of our hard earned money STOLEN from us by the bloated government bureaucracy.	-
12/1/2019	Michael	Shay	Tax payer	Plymouth	Massachusetts	I oppose this initiative. TCI is a tax, gasoline tax to be specific and such a tax was recently voted down. TCI does not allow our elected officials to vote. It’s another attempt to change policy... read more I oppose this initiative. TCI is a tax, gasoline tax to be specific and such a tax was recently voted down. TCI does not allow our elected officials to vote. It’s another attempt to change policy without input from the people. We have already told government that we do not support a gas tax!	-
12/1/2019	Elizabeth	Katchpole	tax payer	Centerville	Massachusetts	This is another tax. It has been voted down by citizens so this is another way to get around it. If you want climate initiative, cut back on some of the bloated state salaries and positions to... read more This is another tax. It has been voted down by citizens so this is another way to get around it. If you want climate initiative, cut back on some of the bloated state salaries and positions to fund it	-
12/1/2019	Mike	Pell	Resident	Sandwich	Massachusetts	I don’t want to pay for something that will kill our economy! Period. I don’t want to pay for something that will kill our economy! Period.	-
12/1/2019	Cynthia	Lewis	Independent	Shirley	Massachusetts	I am OPPOSED to the Transportation Climate Initiative. I'm having a hard enough time affording gas to get to and from my job. Besides, have you looked at California, lately? Do we really want... read more I am OPPOSED to the Transportation Climate Initiative. I'm having a hard enough time affording gas to get to and from my job. Besides, have you looked at California, lately? Do we really want to imitate them?	-
12/1/2019	Peter	Manickas	Tax payer	Seekonk	Massachusetts	Stop wasting our children’s money. These kids will be taxed to death because of your wasteful spending Stop wasting our children’s money. These kids will be taxed to death because of your wasteful spending	-
12/1/2019	warren	nickerson	SMG	cotuit	Massachusetts	This is outrageous. Only Ma. house of representatives can legislate a tax. Calling what is a tax is a fee, that is phony baloney. The people of Ma made clear a few years ago, WE DO NOT WANT A GAS... read more This is outrageous. Only Ma. house of representatives can legislate a tax. Calling what is a tax is a fee, that is phony baloney. The people of Ma made clear a few years ago, WE DO NOT WANT A GAS TAX. Stop trying to pick our pockets with your over the top fear mongering re: global warming/climate change. We've had climate change for thousands of years and you're trying to destroy our economy and especially hurt the poor with your stupid policies. warren nickerson	Untitled.pdf
12/1/2019	Lawrence	Sabadini	Citizen of Massachusetts	Nory	Massachusetts	I am opposed to any legislation that would add a tax or “fee” to gasoline. I am opposed to any legislation that would add a tax or “fee” to gasoline.	-
12/1/2019	Frank C.	Spring, jr	Taxpayer	Falmouth	Massachusetts	The bloated state coffers want even more money,even with a billion dollar surplus. Sirs, Have you any decency ? Your gluttony will only result in your bloated demise. Wake up people and take back... read more The bloated state coffers want even more money,even with a billion dollar surplus. Sirs, Have you any decency ? Your gluttony will only result in your bloated demise. Wake up people and take back control of fiscally unqualified HACKS !!!	-
12/1/2019	James	Norcross	independent	Newton	Massachusetts	What's in your wallet you ask? That would be the governments grubby little finger, trying to take what little there is in there.. read more What's in your wallet you ask? That would be the governments grubby little finger, trying to take what little there is in there..	-
12/1/2019	Robert	Brady	Mr.	Woburn	Massachusetts	TRANSPORTATION CLIMATE INITIATIVE, a very fancy name that allows MA. politicians to substantially raise our taxes on gasoline. Mass citizens already voted that down, and using climate change as an... read more TRANSPORTATION CLIMATE INITIATIVE, a very fancy name that allows MA. politicians to substantially raise our taxes on gasoline. Mass citizens already voted that down, and using climate change as an excuse is deplorable. Technology and common sense will solve the climate change problem, NOT RAISING GAS TAXES! People will still drive and it will damage our economy.	-
12/1/2019	Dan	Hughes	Unrolled	Weymouth	Massachusetts	Shame on all of you, but this doesn't effect ANY of the hacks that will decide on it. Must be nice to work part time and get full time pay!! Must be even better to have the taxpayers pay for... read more Shame on all of you, but this doesn't effect ANY of the hacks that will decide on it. Must be nice to work part time and get full time pay!! Must be even better to have the taxpayers pay for your commute to work on the days you decide to work. Shame on all of you. Especially you Governor Baker.	-
12/1/2019	Fred	Richards	Independant	Melrose	Massachusetts	I strongly oppose this truly laughable legislation which is being proposed by our completely out of touch State Government. I hope that our brainwashed Massachusetts voters will finally stand up... read more I strongly oppose this truly laughable legislation which is being proposed by our completely out of touch State Government. I hope that our brainwashed Massachusetts voters will finally stand up and say no to this Trojan proposal. Although it is hard to have any confidence that we will push back, given that this is an electorate who voted for a lying, duplicitous, selfish, dimwitted US senator (actually that could be the description for either one).........	-
12/1/2019	Bill	Schineller	Working commuter and taxpayer	Sudbury	Massachusetts	Gas tax is regressive - proportionally punishes those who can least afford it - those who must travel longer distances to jobs because they can’t afford housing in pricey metropolitan area. From... read more Gas tax is regressive - proportionally punishes those who can least afford it - those who must travel longer distances to jobs because they can’t afford housing in pricey metropolitan area. From CommonWealth Magazine: “ The proposal would mimic a gas tax in that it would raise the price of gasoline.” Please don’t disguise a gas tax with a new name “cap and invest”. Reduce government waste, and fix loopholes to ensure that ultra-rich are not paying a lower effective tax rate than the lower and middle working classes. Use that money to improve mass transit e.g. electric buses on convenient routes. Only then will commuters opt to leave the car at home.	-
12/1/2019	Sharon	Netzley	Massachusetts Taxpayer	Haverhill	Massachusetts	I am so weary of having to keep tabs on legislators, the governor, the administration, regulatory agencies, and others who are supposed to be looking out for the interests of we taxpayers. But it... read more I am so weary of having to keep tabs on legislators, the governor, the administration, regulatory agencies, and others who are supposed to be looking out for the interests of we taxpayers. But it seems that there is no depth to which you will not sink in order to take even more money from us. This TCI boondoggle is a new TAX. The Baker administration is trying to sneak one over on the taxpayers by how they are trying to implement this thing. Second, this state does NOT deserve a tax increase. Third, the whole carbon footprint discussion is hogwash. And fourth, the voters have already voted down a gas tax increase. Voters are paying attention. DO NOT GO THROUGH WITH TCI!	-
12/1/2019	Robert	Jacobs	taxpayer/Massachusetts resident	East Taunton	Massachusetts	I am retired, and ANY increase in the gasoline tax or adding some lame carbon tax idea affects my ability to survive in this state. While local taxes and fees have continued to rise, it seems that... read more I am retired, and ANY increase in the gasoline tax or adding some lame carbon tax idea affects my ability to survive in this state. While local taxes and fees have continued to rise, it seems that the Governor and the Massachusetts Legislature are always looking for ways to take more money from my household. This is not some abstract concept or idea, it is reality. Many retirees are just hanging on by a thread. We can't afford to buy electric vehicles, nor can we realistically be expected to maintain our dignity and our homes when you people continue to come up with ideas that hurt the elderly, lower income citizens, and people on fixed incomes. These two taxes/fees will hurt those in a lower income bracket, but apparently, you only care about us when it's time to ask for our vote. I always knew the Democrat-led legislature was all about raising taxes and fees, but this so-called Republican Governor is the biggest phony I have ever seen. Perhaps, like so many other Massachusetts politicians, he believes his press clippings, and thinks he could run for President down the road, like his fellow former liberal Governor Devol Patrick. Why not run right now, Charlie Baker? Get the hell out of office you liberal POS!	-
12/1/2019	Anne	Abbott	None	Wilbraham	Massachusetts	This bill is another example of “the elite” robbing more hard earned money from the working public, for a supposed good cause. Stop overspending on all infrastructure projects and “pretend” that... read more This bill is another example of “the elite” robbing more hard earned money from the working public, for a supposed good cause. Stop overspending on all infrastructure projects and “pretend” that you are a private run business.	-
12/1/2019	Thomas	DeSisto	Massachusetts Voter	Newton	Massachusetts	Read my lips. NO NEW TAXES. A tax, in my opinion, includes the proposed “Transportation Climate Initiative” cloaked as a carbon fee. Read my lips. NO NEW TAXES. A tax, in my opinion, includes the proposed “Transportation Climate Initiative” cloaked as a carbon fee.	-
12/1/2019	Brian	McGeoghegan	Republican	Weymouth	Massachusetts	No gas tax. I will be leaving this state as soon as I can. No gas tax. I will be leaving this state as soon as I can.	-
12/1/2019	Jack	LeMenager	Taxpayer	Winchester	Massachusetts	NO, NO, NO!. A thousand times NO! In the 2014 referendum to repeal the legislature-imposed gas tax increase, the voters overwhelmingly said NO! by a margin of 53-47. For once, take NO for an... read more NO, NO, NO!. A thousand times NO! In the 2014 referendum to repeal the legislature-imposed gas tax increase, the voters overwhelmingly said NO! by a margin of 53-47. For once, take NO for an answer and stop coming back to pick our pockets, especially under the guise of a "climate change initiative," which is just horse hockey. It's pure hubris to think that humankind can effect climate one way or the other. Climate changes. It always has and always will, regardless of what humankind does or doesn't do.	-

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