I just sent an email to Maine’s Governor Baldacchi that says:

“Hi there Governor Baldacci how are you today? A popular aviation news site recently published this article. Could you explain to me how exactly this ‘use tax’ works and how it affects the general aviation community flying into your state? It seems to be upsetting a lot of people out there and I was wondering if you could enlighten us? Thanks a lot!”

I also sent this exact letter to the Commissioner of the Maine Department of Transportation and to the Maine Aeronautics Division. Let’s see who responds first and I’ll obviously post updates. I would also encourage sending the Governor an email as well to express concern.