As thousands attended President Donald Trump's rally in Wildwood, New Jersey this past week, about 20 of his Republican detractors gathered at the beachfront Beauport Hotel in Gloucester, Massachusetts at an event for one of his primary challengers.
Donors paid anywhere from $100 to $2,800 to spend an evening with former Massachusetts Governor Bill Weld, in a pair of function rooms at a four-star hotel for cocktails and appetizers such as carpaccio, stuffed mushrooms, and herbed goat cheese.
If the Transportation and Climate Initiative is enacted, ride sharing app drivers would feel the impact.
The proposal, a 12-state pact of New England and Mid-Atlantic states, would implement fees on fuel providers based on their carbon emissions. The revenue is supposed to go towards funding public transportation. For drivers, it would result in gasoline prices increasing by as much as 17 cents per gallon.
