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
11/12/2019	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... read more 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 the legislature is cowardly and probably unconstitutional.	-
11/12/2019	George	Palmer	None	Leominster	Massachusetts	This is an unnecessary tax that will Do we want to be taxed to give our commonwealth... read more This is an unnecessary tax that will Do we want to be taxed to give our commonwealth more money to waste to feed the phony supposedly reps for our state. NO WAY	-
11/12/2019	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.... read more 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. The cost to build them in MA is obscene compared to other states. Reduce your spending and there will be plenty of money for bridges and roads. NO SECRET TAX!!!	-
11/12/2019	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... read more 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 working men and women under the guise of stopping imaginary “climate change”. I predict this will hasten the mass exodus from high tax blue states, eventually leaving no working citizens to tax. Restore democracy, allow lawmakers make the law.	-
11/12/2019	David	Lawrence	Republican	Pepperell	Massachusetts	This is a tax scheme pure and simple! No tax increase without debate and a vote. This is a tax scheme pure and simple! No tax increase without debate and a vote.	-
11/12/2019	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... read more 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 vote and let the voters decide.	-
11/12/2019	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... read more 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 add a gas tax because of possible voter disapproval, it shouldn't be done at all.	-
11/12/2019	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 i drive 65 miles one way a day to work 5 days a week this would ad a real burden to my commute	-
11/12/2019	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! I do not want this,I voted against the gas tax,this is an awful sneaky way of getting it!	-
11/12/2019	James	Christensen	Democrat	Lawrence	Massachusetts	This is an illegal bureaucracy created tax and cannot be allowed. This is an illegal bureaucracy created tax and cannot be allowed.	-
11/12/2019	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. 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.	-
11/12/2019	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.... read more 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. This move will result in many legislators VOTED OUT OF OFFICE! Dianne Morganelli	-
11/12/2019	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... read more 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 ruling elites on Bacon Hill to circumvent the will of the people. Massachusetts residents already pay too much in gas taxes for so poor a return - our roads are riddled with potholes and are in hideous shape. Undoubtedly the money generated by this so-called initiative will disappear through corruption and taxpayers will be asked to pay more, again. If this new tax is forced upon the public without their voting on it, it must and will be challenged in court	-
11/12/2019	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... read more 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 need YOU to demand a vote and then vote this down. NO TAXATION of something we need to earn a living!	-
11/12/2019	Brian	KD	Conservative, Taxpayer	Mashpee	Massachusetts	Here we go again. We already “VOTED NO”!!! Here we go again. We already “VOTED NO”!!!	-
11/12/2019	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... read more 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 a legislative vote or referendum a requirement for each state before they can proceed.	-
11/12/2019	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. This is unconstitutional taxation without representation. I oppose this and hate my state and its corrupt leaders more every day.	-
11/12/2019	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! 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!	-
11/12/2019	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... read more 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 vote, then no one currently in office will). This won't result in any reduction of carbon output, only punish the hardworking residents in the state	-
11/12/2019	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. 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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