11/23/2015
Missouri Secretary of State Jason Kander
c/o Missourians For Kander
P.O. Box 548
Columbia, MO 65205
USA
Dear Secretary of State Kander,
My name
is Matthew Winick from Ann Arbor, Michigan and I have a strong interest in
studying public policy including history. These subjects are my favorite to learn
because I like to learn the need to advance on Civil Rights to help protect
people who are different from being discriminated, have government reform to
reduce corruption in elections including public officials caused by lobbying
groups or gifts, protect victims rights from being abused by the criminal
justice system to reduce crime, protect
the environment from pollution, and many others. The main reason I’m writing
the letter is because I find your work as former Missouri House of
Representative from the 44th district and currently as Missouri
Secretary of State to be very inspiring to me.
When you
served as Missouri House of Representative from the 44th District, I
liked on how you supported protecting Civil Rights to help protect minorities,
gender, and people with disabilities from being discriminated in education
including public places. Also on bipartisanship, I liked on how you worked
across the aisle with Republican State Representative Tim Flook on passing the
“Kander/Flook “bill, an ethics bill which made running campaign contributions
through different committees where a form of money laundering that donors and
politicians use it to make it look like a legislation is not bought and sold become
a felony to reduce corruption in the committees including members of the
committee to make legislation fairer. Also on reforming the criminal justice
system, I liked on how you became the author of Sam and Lindsey’s to allow
authorities work to prevent kidnapping of children during custody battles and strengthening
human trafficking laws that help expand services to victims of human
trafficking including women on getting the treatment they need. As Missouri Secretary of State, I liked on how
you worked with Democrats including Republicans to keep the address of domestic
violence victims confidential to help protect them from their abusers and pushing
for ethics reform that makes Secretary of State staff members be prohibited
from accepting gifts from lobbyist. During the Ferguson crisis caused by the death
of Michael Brown including the damage on the city, I was very proud of how you
used your role as Secretary of State to work with different small business
owners in Ferguson to create Ferguson Rebuild, a non-profit initiative to raise
money to provide grants to help rebuild business including the community that
were damaged or destroyed by the protest to improve the economy. To help
recover taxpayer’s money, I liked on how you lead an investigation with the Missouri
Attorney General into Stand & Poor including other scam artists to help
protect Missouri citizens from financial fraud
Secretary
Kander, your work on ethics reform in your role as former Missouri State of
Representative and as currently Missouri Secretary of State got me to be very
interested in taking a government course called Campaigns and Elections. In Campaign and Elections, I learned about how
campaigns work, history of different elections, how campaigns including
elections influence people, and many others Also my instructor including my
tutor worked with me on learning the need for campaign finance reform including
ethics reform to reduce corruption in elections, campaigns, and public
officials like the need to reduce gifts from lobbyist or special interest
groups, have disclosure to help voters identify where the money is coming from,
limit contributions from financial institutions or lobbying groups, and having
a waiting period before a legislative member or staff member becomes a
lobbyist. I have Autism with a learning
disability and having it is hard for me because I have trouble comprehending on
learning different subjects and have trouble with communication. Your work on
protecting Civil Rights from being weakened including being an advocate for
people with disabilities really inspires me to work hard on Autism. In
September 2015, I visited Kansas City, MO and Independence, MO to see the Harry
S. Truman Library and Museum, The Jazz Museum, Negro Baseball Museum, and WW1
Museum. I enjoyed seeing these sites because it I enjoy learning about how minorities played a
role in shaping society including the need to end discrimination, remember the
WW1 troops who served for our country,
understand how Jazz shaped history, and learning about how President Harry
Truman’s life including his achievements like supporting Civil Rights to help
reduce discrimination and many others.
Secretary
Kander, I strongly believe that you made a great difference through your role
as former State Representative and currently as Missouri Secretary of State on supporting
Civil Rights to reduce discrimination, pushing for ethics reform to reduce
corruption in government, improving the criminal justice system to protect
victims from being abused or give them the treatment they need, and working
with different business to help improve the economy including the community.
You have truly inspired me to be interested in studying the need for government
reform including ethics reform, working hard on Autism, and visiting Missouri
to learn history with understanding the need for diversity. Here is a picture of me holding the flag with
a picture of me and a picture of me at Harry S. Truman Museum as a gift for you for inspiring me. Thanks
for taking the time to read my letter, working hard to make a great difference
with great ideas, and inspiring me. I agree with you on the need to make
government better by reducing corruption. I wish you well for running for the
U.S. Senate 2016 and continue advocating for good ideas when both political
parties ignore.
Sincerely,
Matthew B. Winick
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