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	Michael	Luce	Independent	Lowell	Massachusetts	We voted in 2014 for no gas tax. Take the money from all the waste hack jobs you’ve created. We voted in 2014 for no gas tax. Take the money from all the waste hack jobs you’ve created.	-
12/1/2019	Mark	Barrieau	Taxpayer and resident	Templeton	Massachusetts	Governor Baker - shame on you. You are not king, you cannot impose a tax. And even if you were king, the people of Massachusetts have revolted against one in the past, we can do it again. No, No... read more Governor Baker - shame on you. You are not king, you cannot impose a tax. And even if you were king, the people of Massachusetts have revolted against one in the past, we can do it again. No, No, No to your TCI and this tax.	-
12/1/2019	pamela	coveney	1964	Holland	Massachusetts	taxes under the Transportation and Climate Initiative is just the newest way to line the pockets of these over paid, under deserved politicians. So the hard working people of this state pay gas... read more taxes under the Transportation and Climate Initiative is just the newest way to line the pockets of these over paid, under deserved politicians. So the hard working people of this state pay gas taxes, excise tax, state tax, property tax and of course tolls and it is still not enough. This state is bleeding us into poverty, which is their way of controlling us. Instead of sneaking in another tax lower your salaries and pay for your special new cause yourself. The people of this state are tired of paying and paying for this stuff. I think we should have the choice of where are money goes or doesn't go. I believe if these politicians live like us (work 50 plus hours a week without fringe benefits) and missing out on family time just to put food on the table and a roof over our heads and two to three weeks vacation without time off regardless of the weather and family needs. If you do take anytime your pay suffers. WE NEED A BREAK FROM YOUR TAXES, FIGURE IT OUT ON THE MONIES YOU ALREADY GET. IT IS CALLED A BUDGET FOR A REASON. YOU USE THE MONEY YOU ALREADY HAVE AND MAKE IT WORK. JUST AS EVERYONE ONE OF US HAVE TO DO EVERYDAY.	-
12/1/2019	Michael	Haag	MA voter	Malden	Massachusetts	NO, this tax should not be imposed. Its initiation circumvents the legislative process, and its proposed implementation would be via inefficient bureaucratic fiat. NO, this tax should not be imposed. Its initiation circumvents the legislative process, and its proposed implementation would be via inefficient bureaucratic fiat.	-
11/30/2019	Gary	Hulverson	Registered voter	Hull	Massachusetts	Any tax increase, no matter what name you choose to give it, should originate in the House of Representatives. If this bill passes it will be unconstitutional. Please end this insanity and... read more Any tax increase, no matter what name you choose to give it, should originate in the House of Representatives. If this bill passes it will be unconstitutional. Please end this insanity and exercise fiscal responsibility. Allow the citizens to vote on this.	-
11/30/2019	Jeff	K	Undeclared	Attleboro	Massachusetts	You people are a fing disgrace and saddling people that work for a living with this tax is a joke. If I ran my business the way you fing knit wits run this state I would get fired. Everyone of... read more You people are a fing disgrace and saddling people that work for a living with this tax is a joke. If I ran my business the way you fing knit wits run this state I would get fired. Everyone of you should be voted out of office for laziness and stupidity.	-
11/30/2019	Robert	Maguire	Former Resident	Key West	Florida	This is a tax. Everyone can see that. Please do not allow this ill conceived initiative to go forward. This will just drive more and more Massachusetts taxpayers to leave the state and take up... read more This is a tax. Everyone can see that. Please do not allow this ill conceived initiative to go forward. This will just drive more and more Massachusetts taxpayers to leave the state and take up permanent residence in Florida. Florida is already getting overrun with Northerns who move here and then try and change things and make it like the state they came from. Florida does not want to be like southern NH!	-
11/30/2019	Gavin	LaMontagne	Registered voter	Onset	Massachusetts	The voters, after being heavily outspent by government supported advertising, voted down the last automatically increasing gas tax scheme. How fast will business be leaving the state if this... read more The voters, after being heavily outspent by government supported advertising, voted down the last automatically increasing gas tax scheme. How fast will business be leaving the state if this backdoor tax proposal goes into effect. Why listen to the voters faker, i mean Baker, when you.re to busy pandering to the global warming socialists.	-
11/30/2019	Jon	Catalano	Overtaxed taxpayer	Lawrence	Massachusetts	Yet another tax on the over taxed. Unrealistic and lazy attempt at funding the climate change cult. People like me will just drive to N.H. Thank God they have a REAL Republican gov. Yet another tax on the over taxed. Unrealistic and lazy attempt at funding the climate change cult. People like me will just drive to N.H. Thank God they have a REAL Republican gov.	-
11/30/2019	Tim	Sheehy	Irrelevant	Wrentham	Massachusetts	Total BS. Leave us alone. We already pay too much in gas taxes for sub par roadways run by sub par politicians and their minions. Total BS. Leave us alone. We already pay too much in gas taxes for sub par roadways run by sub par politicians and their minions.	-
11/30/2019	John	Flanagan	Voter	Dedham	Massachusetts	I am against any new tax on gasoline. I am against any new tax on gasoline.	-
11/30/2019	David	Renaud	Independent	Milton	Massachusetts	We do not want another tax. We want tax relief. We want government waste and fraud eliminated. We do not want another tax. We want tax relief. We want government waste and fraud eliminated.	-
11/30/2019	Mike	Brewster	Tax payer	Hanover	Massachusetts	This is nothing but a across the board price increases gasoline prices effect everything from the price of tomatoes on up. Communities that are further from the city will pay more because they... read more This is nothing but a across the board price increases gasoline prices effect everything from the price of tomatoes on up. Communities that are further from the city will pay more because they will commute to work by car there is no reliable public transportation from many towns into Boston, and let’s try something crazy like the people that ride the T pay for the improvements	-
11/30/2019	Joe	Lawlor	TAXPAYER	Marshfield	Massachusetts	STOP THE MADNESS. THIS IS ABSOLUTE BS. IT IS JUST FEEL GOOD NONSENSE FOR THE CLIMATE ACTIVIST STOOGES. NO NEW TAXES UNTIL THE BLOATED STATE & LOCAL BUREAUCRACIES ARE ADDRESED. FORGET CLIMATE... read more STOP THE MADNESS. THIS IS ABSOLUTE BS. IT IS JUST FEEL GOOD NONSENSE FOR THE CLIMATE ACTIVIST STOOGES. NO NEW TAXES UNTIL THE BLOATED STATE & LOCAL BUREAUCRACIES ARE ADDRESED. FORGET CLIMATE CHANGE. THE IMMEDIATE THREAT IS GOVERNMENT OVERREACH. BAKER IS AN EMBARRASMENT AND A POLITICALLY CORRECT FOOL.	-
11/30/2019	Scott	Mackay	Mr	Marlboro	Massachusetts	COUNT ME OUT SHAKE DOWN YOUR ACTIVIST PALS FOR DONATIONS. THERES PLENTY OF THEM MOUTHING OFF. LET THEM PUT THEIR MONEY WHERE THEIR MOUTH IS... SEE HOW THAT WORKS OUT FOR YA COUNT ME OUT SHAKE DOWN YOUR ACTIVIST PALS FOR DONATIONS. THERES PLENTY OF THEM MOUTHING OFF. LET THEM PUT THEIR MONEY WHERE THEIR MOUTH IS... SEE HOW THAT WORKS OUT FOR YA	-
11/30/2019	J	Anzalotti	Resident	Southbridge	Massachusetts	Enough larceny. No more funds down the rat hole. A couple of volcanic eruptions later and then what? More punishment. You should be ashamed of yourselves. Enough larceny. No more funds down the rat hole. A couple of volcanic eruptions later and then what? More punishment. You should be ashamed of yourselves.	-
11/30/2019	Richie	spink	None	Plymouth	Massachusetts	TCI is just another tax on people who have to drive to work, grocery shop and just live their normal lives. Last time I checked that is probably everybody in the state. It just doesn’t end in... read more TCI is just another tax on people who have to drive to work, grocery shop and just live their normal lives. Last time I checked that is probably everybody in the state. It just doesn’t end in Massachusetts. Completely unconstitutional by the way. I just got a pay decrease in my paycheck thanks to the new deduction for paid leave that I have to chip in for and will never use. Leaving this state ASAP. In the words of Greta, “HOW DARE YOU!!!!!	-
11/30/2019	A	Allegro	other	Boston	Massachusetts	I am strongly opposed to the T.C.I I am strongly opposed to the T.C.I	-
11/30/2019	Nick	Adams	None	Chelmsford	Massachusetts	Once again Massachusetts is leading the region in yet another “ progressive” initiative designed to dupe hardworking taxpayers into what amounts to a thinly veiled tax that was ALREADY VOTED DOWN... read more Once again Massachusetts is leading the region in yet another “ progressive” initiative designed to dupe hardworking taxpayers into what amounts to a thinly veiled tax that was ALREADY VOTED DOWN! Enough already...	-
11/30/2019	James	DiMarino	Retired	Rowley	Massachusetts	Very unfair Not to have the people of Mass vote. Very unfair Not to have the people of Mass vote.	-

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