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
10/31/2019	Lauren	MacArthur	None	South Paris	Maine	Mills has been in office less than a year, and is spending incredible amounts, all of which require increased taxation. Now, yet another tax increase is on the horizon with the proposed gas tax.... read more Mills has been in office less than a year, and is spending incredible amounts, all of which require increased taxation. Now, yet another tax increase is on the horizon with the proposed gas tax. Mainers cannot afford her. Maine is a rural state, with lower income residents....many of whom drive many miles to work....often to multiple jobs, simply to get by. Many will be forced to leave....then, who will be left to pay the state's bills? Don't forget all the other activities that will be influenced by such a tax...school bus transport, heating fuel costs, farming, etc. Come down to Earth, governor.	-
10/31/2019	John	Griffeth	Retired worker	Waterville	Maine	GOVNOR MILLS please don't join this will be a travesty to Maine workers who use there vehicles to get to work. I believe you are going down the wrong path for Maine people! Again you... read more GOVNOR MILLS please don't join this will be a travesty to Maine workers who use there vehicles to get to work. I believe you are going down the wrong path for Maine people! Again you Democrats care less about maine people. Thank you.	-
10/31/2019	EARL	HARNDEN	Republician	WINDHAM	Maine	WE are all ready paying way to much for gas and fuel. What ever happened to the dollar a gallon they added in the 80's so we would be energy solvent in ten years?????? Ever notice the ones... read more WE are all ready paying way to much for gas and fuel. What ever happened to the dollar a gallon they added in the 80's so we would be energy solvent in ten years?????? Ever notice the ones that can afford high gas prices are the ones that want to raise it never mind us that can't.	-
10/31/2019	James	Andrews	Mr.	Randolph	Maine	We cannot afford any more taxes, especially on gasoline! We cannot afford any more taxes, especially on gasoline!	-
10/31/2019	Christopher	Doehne	Mr.	Falmouth	Maine	This will do nothing but devastate the working class. Cap and trade has been an horrific failure with no benefit to the environment it has cost jobs and has done nothing but harm the working poor... read more This will do nothing but devastate the working class. Cap and trade has been an horrific failure with no benefit to the environment it has cost jobs and has done nothing but harm the working poor ... oppose	-
10/31/2019	Erica	Bartlett	UCS member	Portland	Maine	My name is Erica Bartlett, and I live in Portland, Maine. I’m writing in support of the Transportation and Climate Initiative (TCI) because Maine is in great need of clean transportation options.... read more My name is Erica Bartlett, and I live in Portland, Maine. I’m writing in support of the Transportation and Climate Initiative (TCI) because Maine is in great need of clean transportation options. I’m grateful that Gov. Mills is focusing on climate change, including the issue of pollution from emissions, and that this effort has strong bipartisan support. I hope that the TCI policy design take the latest science on climate emissions into consideration. I would also ask that the policy addresses issues of equity so that rural, low-income, and/or aging populations are not hurt by this program – rather, they should be helped. We need more rural transit options, including electric cars and buses, but we also need more of those options in urban areas. I look forward to seeing how this initiative evolves, and thanks again to those who are leading this effort.	-
10/31/2019	Irene	Blanchard	Ms.	Fryeburg	Maine	I oppose Governor Mills serving yet another blow to the success Maine has had. No more taxes. California is visual proof that increasing taxes will only hurt Mainers. I oppose Governor Mills serving yet another blow to the success Maine has had. No more taxes. California is visual proof that increasing taxes will only hurt Mainers.	-
10/31/2019	Lori	Bartlett	Taxpayer	Whitefield	Maine	Poor people cannot stand up under these additional cost. We already can't hardly afford to survive. Many of us make choices everyday what we'll be going without to make it through the... read more Poor people cannot stand up under these additional cost. We already can't hardly afford to survive. Many of us make choices everyday what we'll be going without to make it through the month. Adding fees, taxes to gas is simply horrendous. Maine is a long distance state, we travel 30-50mi easy from one to another. We cannot afford be moneyed out of our cars buy these fees. We can't afford the luxury of electrical cars, it's too Beyond our means. Don't make Mainers worse off. Stop this foolishness, we cannot afford, we are Not California.	-
10/31/2019	Donna	Horr	Maine Republican	Gray	Maine	Climate Change Climate Change I am so sick of listening to this bunch of F**** bullshit making us pay more because of what we drive is insane. The United States has one of the toughest... read more Climate Change Climate Change I am so sick of listening to this bunch of F**** bullshit making us pay more because of what we drive is insane. The United States has one of the toughest environmental laws around its the other countries that do not. Raising fuel prices will raise everything else (food,clothing,Medicine, ETC,ETC ). if it cost more to make it and deliver it called trickle down economics. The only ones who suffer is the American people. Janet Mills should have never became governor because she already put Maine back in the RED blew all the rainy day funds and thinks she is doing what she thinks is the best for Maine, the only thing that is best for Maine is that she is removed from office	-
10/31/2019	Greg	Dustin	Self	Madison	Maine	Gov Mills will be taking Maine down the wrong path with TCI. One of Maine's long standing industries, logging, will greatly suffer with increased fuel taxes. This is a rural state which often... read more Gov Mills will be taking Maine down the wrong path with TCI. One of Maine's long standing industries, logging, will greatly suffer with increased fuel taxes. This is a rural state which often requires long distance driving between communities. I am a retired citizen living on fixed income and can't afford additional fuel taxes for my everyday living that Gov Mills feels is required. TCI is not a good deal for Mainers.	-
10/31/2019	Kathy	Javner	Maine State Representative	Chester	Maine	On behalf of the constituents of District 141: NO NEW GAS TAX! On behalf of the constituents of District 141: NO NEW GAS TAX!	-
10/31/2019	Dale	King	Appaloosa Antiques	Harrison	Maine	Maine is a state with a small population except in the summer when Maine is a tourist destination. Because Maine is a physically large state the impact of traveling distances to various tourist... read more Maine is a state with a small population except in the summer when Maine is a tourist destination. Because Maine is a physically large state the impact of traveling distances to various tourist destinations, or simply going to work, creates a large amount of carbon emissions from cars and trucks bringing goods into the state. Maine has very little public transportation that would help move an influx of tourists and virtually no other system of transporting goods other than trucks. However, Maine is 90 percent forested and thus affords a great way to harvest carbon emissions through its forests and farmland. This way to capture carbon that is emitted here in Maine, but also in the Atlantic corridor and from the Midwest because of prevailing winds, puts Maine in an unique position to become a great asset in carbon harvesting. This concept needs to be perused as to how to effectively implement carbon harvesting. In addition, Maine has an extremely high incidence of asthma due to air pollution from the Atlantic corridor and the Midwest. The health of the people of the State of Maine should not be impacted by pollution and climate change due to carbon emissions from the above mentioned areas. It is imperative that TCI states develop a working policy that addresses the issues that the people of Maine are facing such as health issues, rising sea levels and the warming of the Gulf of Maine due to the carbon produced by cars and trucks in the Atlantic corridor and the Midwest.	-
10/31/2019	Carol	McKinnon	None	Lee	Maine	NO gas price increase! NO gas price increase!	-
10/31/2019	Sherrie	Merrow	NGVAmerica	Washington	District of Columbia	Please see attached letter as comments from NGVAmerica on the TCI Framework. Sincerely, Sherrie Merrow Director, State Government Affairs NGVAmerica... read more Please see attached letter as comments from NGVAmerica on the TCI Framework. Sincerely, Sherrie Merrow Director, State Government Affairs NGVAmerica 400 North Capitol Street N.W. Suite 450 Washington, D.C. 20001 smerrow@ngvamerica.org \| 303.883.5121	NGVA TCI Comments on Framework - Oct 31 2019.pdf
10/31/2019	George	Carr	Mainer	Ashland	Maine	I am from Northern Maine, you know, `the other Maine". We pay enough for our gas here. Enough with the price gouging! ITS bad enough that you have forgotten about us, NO NEW GAS HIKES!!!!!.... read more I am from Northern Maine, you know, `the other Maine". We pay enough for our gas here. Enough with the price gouging! ITS bad enough that you have forgotten about us, NO NEW GAS HIKES!!!!!. Between the cost of living and health insurrance, don't you think we have gone threw enough??!!??	-
10/31/2019	Robb	Harling	Employee	KING GEORGE	Virginia		-
10/31/2019	Elisabeth	Echevarria	Maine resident	Falmouth	Maine	We do not need additional gasoline taxes in Maine. Governor Janet Mills is spending our money like a drunken sailor and now she wants to gauge us further! NO, NO, NO NO! We do not need additional gasoline taxes in Maine. Governor Janet Mills is spending our money like a drunken sailor and now she wants to gauge us further! NO, NO, NO NO!	-
10/31/2019	Benay	Vania	1950	Parsonsfield	Maine	I OPPOSE the gas tax for Mainers. NO NO NO If the state needs more money.....hold a yard sale ........like a lot of people do for extra income. I OPPOSE the gas tax for Mainers. NO NO NO If the state needs more money.....hold a yard sale ........like a lot of people do for extra income.	-
10/31/2019	Paul	Scharping	Republican	Shapleigh	Maine	As a retired veteran on a fixed income, I think this plan is just another way to exact a tax on the citizens of Maine. Until my retirement from the army and my social security get cost of living... read more As a retired veteran on a fixed income, I think this plan is just another way to exact a tax on the citizens of Maine. Until my retirement from the army and my social security get cost of living increase to cover all the additional taxes and fees, there should be a freeze. Work on spending controls and prioritize what needs to be done. Spend only what you actually have in the bank!	-
10/31/2019	Patricia	Pereira	Republican voter	Orrington	Maine	We cannot afford a gas tax raise. Please reconsider hour decision and put Mainers first by not raising the gas tax. We cannot afford a gas tax raise. Please reconsider hour decision and put Mainers first by not raising the gas tax.	-

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