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. 
First Last Affiliation City State Input File
Tim Sheehy none wrentham Massachusetts
I strongly oppose TCI for the following reasons:

1) it is taxation without representation

2) related to above, the manner in which this TAX is being rammed down our throats without...
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George Palmer None Leominster Massachusetts
This is an unnecessary tax that will



























Do we want to be taxed to give our commonwealth...
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Ray Goodrow None South Deerfield Massachusetts
I adamantly oppose this taxation without representation. I disagree with it completely. Pols forced us to drive fuel efficient cars and now they claim they don’t have money for bridges and roads....
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Brian Hamilton Mass tax payer and voter Douglas Massachusetts
This is offensive and illegal. Random, unelected, unaccountable “.orgs” have no right to raise taxes (which unsurprisingly always manage to enrich themselves).

This will simply punish...
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David Lawrence Republican Pepperell Massachusetts
This is a tax scheme pure and simple! No tax increase without debate and a vote.
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Brian Joyce Voter Bellingham Massachusetts
A tax is a tax no matter how it’s disguised. Trying to slide this thru or past the voters in Massachusetts without those voters having a say at the ballot box should not be allowed, put it to a...
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Ronald Karcz Citizen Lawrence Massachusetts
Please don't foist a gas tax on us and disguise it as some kind of "initiative". It's a tax and taxes should be raised through the legislature. If our legislators are afraid to...
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robert cline registered voter douglas Massachusetts
i drive 65 miles one way a day to work 5 days a week this would ad a real burden to my commute
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Marisa Gove Independent Marshfield Massachusetts
I do not want this,I voted against the gas tax,this is an awful sneaky way of getting it!
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James Christensen Democrat Lawrence Massachusetts
This is an illegal bureaucracy created tax and cannot be allowed.
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PAUL MCCLUSKEY None Melrose Massachusetts
We pay enough in gas taxes we don’t need to pay any more. Enough is enough, it is shameful how you are trying to sneak this tax through.
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Dianne Morganelli Massachusetts voter Norton Massachusetts
STOP PLAN TO IMPLEMENT “STEALTH GAS TAX” UNDER GUUSE OF TCI.

“TAXATION WITHOUT REPRESENTATION” IS UNCONSTITUTIONAL.

Massachusetts voters already voted NO to Gas Tax in 2014....
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Robert Littera Deplorable Stoughton Massachusetts
Massachusetts voters defeated an automatic gas tax increase a few years ago and now the bureaucrats and political hacks want to push this through by fiat without a public vote. How typical of the...
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Robin Sunter Mrs. East Longmeadow Massachusetts
I am totally against the TCI unrepresented taxation bill for MA taxpayers. The sleazy, underhanded method of trying to sneak through something that was voted down in 2014 is the last straw. We...
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Brian KD Conservative, Taxpayer Mashpee Massachusetts
Here we go again. We already “VOTED NO”!!!
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Colleen Forti Unenrolled Worcester Massachusetts
I am against TCI and reject the State of MA. attempt to bypass the legislature by instituting this policy without a vote.

I’m requesting that your organization do the right thing by making...
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Tiana Prezas REPUBLICAN Malden Massachusetts
This is unconstitutional taxation without representation. I oppose this and hate my state and its corrupt leaders more every day.
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Robert Lavoie 1031Media Palmer Massachusetts
Please stop trying to force the citizens of Massachusetts and other States to pay additional taxes on the fuel distributors, which will be passed on to us as consumers!
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Robert Gonsalves Resident Woburn Massachusetts
As an Independent voter I'd like to voice my strong opposition to this initiative. Anyone that supports it will not get a vote from me in the future (and if it doesn't go to a house...
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John Fitzgerald Massachusetts taxpayer Yarmouth Massachusetts
TCI is nothing more than a tax and money grab for a nonproblem. I’m totally against this unconstitutional move by the governor of Massachusetts and affiliated states.
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