Former Governor Roy E. Barnes from Georgia

1/10/2016

Governor Roy E. Barnes

c/o Barnes Law Group, LLC

31 Atlanta Street, SE

Marietta, GA  30060               

Dear Governor Barnes,

My name is Matthew Winick, from Ann Arbor Michigan with a strong interest in learning history including public policy. In these subjects, I like to learn the need to advance on Civil Rights to help protect people who are different from being discriminated, protect the environment from pollution, improve education reform, and many others.  Governor Barnes, the main reason I’m writing you a letter to explain how I find your work as 80^th Governor of Georgia to be very inspiring to me and explain how you inspire me to continue my interest in history.

When you served as 80^th Governor of Georgia from 1999-2003, I’m very proud on how you were a strong supporter of protecting women, minorities, and people with disabilities from being discriminated in education and public places. Also on Civil Rights, I liked on how you supported funding women including minorities businesses to help them compete in the economy, express the need for an Equal Rights Amendment to help protect women from being discriminated based on gender even though the state legislatures weren’t advocates for it, support people with disabilities’ rights, and push for the need to reduce racial profiling in the criminal justice system.   On education, I was very proud on how you supported funding special education to help students with disabilities get help on getting educational accommodations they need, expanded early childhood education to help young children develop reading skills, and pushed for afterschool programs to help youth get tutoring on their assignments or be in recreational programs.   To protect the environment, I liked on how you pushed for renewable energy sources to help reduce addiction to oil with gas, provided funds to clean parks including water resources including the coast in Georgia to reduce pollution while protect people.  Pushing for job-training programs to help train youth including workers on develop job-skills to help prepare them for the work force is a great way to improve the economy while creating jobs. Another thing that I liked about your work as Governor of Georgia is how you had the courage to change the Georgia state flag which had the Confederate battle emblem to a new flag in order to improve relations between minorities communities with government including show a symbolism about the need to address about the need to reduce discrimination even though both political parties or people weren’t supportive of this decision.   Signing an executive order to banning all lobbyist gifts to employees who work in the state government including the executive branch, advocating for campaign finance reform to reduce money from lobbying groups or corporations from donating to a campaign, and expressing the need for disclosure laws to help the public know why is funding a campaign are great ways to improve ethics reform.  In 2003, I was very glad that  you were awarded the Profile in Courage Award by the JFK Library for your courage to reduce the Confederate battle emblem on the state flag.   When you left your role ad Governor, I’m very proud on how you continue to express the need to make Civil Rights stronger, advocate for people with disabilities’ rights, protect the environment from pollution, and many others.

Governor Barnes, I have Autism with a learning disability. Having it is hard for me because I have trouble comprehending on learning different subjects, sometimes I struggle to communicate my thoughts, and get teased. Your commitment to be a strong supporter of Civil Rights and be an advocate for people with disabilities’ rights really inspires me to work hard on my disability.   Recently. I saw a documentary called In Debt We Trust documentary about the debt crisis, how credit card companies along with financial institutions commit fraud on the middle class including students, how Congress caused the crisis by deregulating the financial market, and many others.  In Debt We Trust, I thought you did an excellent job speaking on describing the need for ethics reform to reduce lobbyist from corrupting both political parties and the need for financial reform to protect the middle class including students from unfair practices caused by credit card companies along with financial institutions and I enjoyed watching your appearance including the documentary.  Both of these things inspires me to have an interest in learning the need for financial reform to reduce unfair practice that financial institutions cause and watch different documentaries about the financial crisis. Another thing is your work as Governor of Georgia motivates me to continue my interest in learning history including public policy.  My future goal is to someday work in history or public policy to help create common sense ideas to make society better.

I strongly believe that you made a great difference as Governor of Georgia. I’m proud on how you worked hard to make a great difference and even have the courage to replace the Confederate flag on the state flag.  You have inspired me to work hard on my disability, continue my interest in learning history with public policy, and watch In Debt We Trust. Thanks for taking the time to read my letter, making a great difference, and inspiring me.   I wish you well to continue to make a great impact on society with common sense ideas.

Sincerely,

Matthew B. Winick

Former U.S. Senator David Durenberger from Minnesota

2/17/2017

U.S. Senator David Durenberger

9 Crocus Hill

St Paul, MN  55102

Dear U.S. Senator Durenberger,

My name is Matthew Winick from Ann Arbor, Michigan with a strong interest in learning history with pubic policy. In these subjects, I like to learn the need to make Civil Rights stronger, protect the environment from pollution, and many others.  U.S. Senator Durenberger, I’m writing you a letter is because I find your work as former U.S. Senator from Minnesota to be very inspiring to me and giving you a story about me working hard on my disability where I dedicate you including many individuals who inspire me or make an impact on me called “The Kid With No Words”.

When you served as U.S. Senator from Minnesota from 1978-1994, I was very proud on how you were a moderate Republican when your own party got too extreme on different issues. On Civil Rights, I liked on how you were a strong supporter of protecting women, minorities, and people with disabilities from being discriminated in education and public places.  Also on Civil Rights, I was very proud on how you supported the Americans With Disabilities’ Act of 1990 along with Democrats including moderate Republicans to help protect people with disabilities from being discriminated in education with public places, pushed for funding in women including minorities businesses to help them compete in the economy, push for voting rights to help people with disabilities or who are handicapped from being discriminated in voting places, and support Civil Rights Act of 1990 to help protect people who are different including women from bing discriminated in jobs. Supporting funding renewable energy sources to reduce addiction to oil with gas, pushing for the Safe Drinking Water Act to help protect water resources from being polluted, voting for the Clean Air Act of 1990 to help reduce air pollution by requiring companies to burn clean fuel, and expanding funds for alternative fuel for vehicles to reduce co2 emissions are great ways to protect the environment from pollution.  On healthcare, I was very proud on how you had the courage as a moderate Republican to support the idea of universal healthcare to help people with pre-existing conditions get the medical care they need when your own party didn’t support it, support Children Health Insurance Act to help children get medical care they need including expand series to help children who struggle with a pre-existing conditions, and pushed for funding to help fund research to improve women’s health.   When you also served in the U.S. Senate, I was very proud on how you were a moderate Republican when you broke with your own party when they were too extreme.   After you left the U.S. Senate, I liked on how you continue to advocate for the need for universal healthcare, express the need to make Civil  Rights stronger,  better environmental protection, and many others when both political parties aren’t advocates of these common sense ideas.  Another thing is was amazed when you decided to endorse President Obama because I liked on how you agreed with him on the need to make Civil Rights stronger along with improve healthcare.

U.S. Senator Durenberger, I have Autism with a learning disability. Having a disability is hard for me because I have trouble comprehending on learning different subjects, sometimes I struggle to communicate my thoughts, and get teased.  The ADA of 1990 that you supported helped benefit me to get an education and to be protected from being discriminated. In education, the ADA of 1990 helped me get an education elementary school through my community college by having accommodations like extra time on exams, have a T.A. or a tutor work with me on learning different subjects, have educational software or a recorder to help improve comprehension along with improve on note-taking, special education system along with learning support services to help provide accommodations for me, and many others.  This act resulted in me getting an Associates Degree in Liberal Arts in May 2014 at Washtenaw Community College.  My main focus in Liberal Arts is history, government, some businesses, criminal justice, and some science.  After you left the U.S. Senate, I liked on how you continue to advocate for the need for universal healthcare, the need for better environmental protection, express the need to make Civil Rights stronger, and many others when the GOP or other political parties aren’t advocates of these common sense ideas. Another thing is I was amazed on how you had the courage to endorse Barack Obama when he was running for President in 2008 Presidential election and how you give President Obama on advice to help improve healthcare reform.  Another thing is your role as U.S. Senator from Minnesota motivates me to continue to learn history including public policy. My future goal is to someday work in these areas to help create common sense ideas to make society a better place, continue to learn how social justice can make a great impact, and many others.   

U.S. Senator Durenberger, I strongly believe that you made a great difference when you served in the U.S. Senate. Also I’m very proud on how you worked hard on making Civil rights stronger, work with both political parties to push for the ADA of 1990, protecting the environment, and supporting health care reform. You have inspired me to work hard on my disability, continue my interest in learning history with public policy, and benefit from the ADA of 1990.  Here is a picture of me and my story about working hard on my disability called The Kid With No Words where I dedicate you and many individuals for inspiring me. Thanks for taking the time to read my letter, making great achievements, and inspiring me. I wish you well for the future and to continue to advocate for great ideas.

Sincerely,

Matthew B. Winick

Former U.S. Senator Roland Burris from Illinois

8/24/2016

Senator Roland Burris

c/o Burris Law LLC

Suite 1515

100 N Lasalle Street

Chicago, IL  60602

Dear Senator Burris,

My name is Matthew Winick from Ann Arbor, Michigan with a strong interest in learning history. History is one of my favorite subjects because I like to learn the need to advance on Civil Rights to help protect people who are different from being discriminated, protect the environment, and many others. The main reason I’m writing you a letter is because I find you work as former U.S. Senator from Illinois to be very inspiring to me.

When you served as U.S. Senator from Illinois from 2009-2010, I liked on how you were a strong supporter of advancing on Civil rights to help protect women, minorities, and people with disabilities from being discriminated.  Also on Civil Rights, I liked on how you voted in favor to expand people with disabilities’ rights to help protect them from being discriminated in education with public places based on a disability, voted in favor of the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr. Hate Crime Prevention Act of 2009 to strengthen laws to combat against people who commit hate-crime in order to protect people who are different including people with disabilities and people with different sexual orientation, and supported the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009 to help improve filing for equal pay discrimination lawsuits when people are being discriminated based on gender. In order to improve the economy, I was very proud on how you joined with Democrats and some moderate Republicans to support The American Recovery Act, a stimulus package to create job-training programs to help train youth including workers to develop job-skills to help prepare them for the work force.  On healthcare, I liked on how you voted in favor of expanding Children’s Health Insurance program to help children get the medical care that need and during the 2010 health care debate I was very grateful on how you had the courage to join all the Democratic Senators to vote for the Affordable Care Act to help people with pre-existing conditions get the medical care they need or people under the age of 26 stay on their parent’s health insurance. To protect the environment, I like on how you supported funding renewable energy projects to help reduce addiction to oil with gas and to help reduce co2 emissions.

Senator Burris, I have Autism with a learning disability. Having a disability is hard for me because I have trouble comprehending on learning different subjects, sometimes I struggle to communicate my thoughts, and get teased.  Your commitment to be a strong supporter of Civil Rights really inspires me to work hard on my disability. In 2009, The American Recovery Act, the stimulus package helped me get into a job-training program called the B. Side of Arts at EMU college of Business in Michigan where I took different classes  to learn how businesses work, have training sessions to help develop job-skills, and work with different people. As a result of the American Recovery Act, I developed different job-skills, got paid from my job-training program, and it helped prepare me to find a job where I work full-time.  Without the American Recovery Act, I would have trouble finding a job.  The Affordable Care Act helped me stay on my parent’s health insurance until I turn 26 since I’m 25 years old. Without the ACA I would have trouble affording health care on my own.   Your work as U.S. Senator from Illinois motivates me to continue my interest in learning history. My future goal is someday use what I learn and use my interest in history to help emphasize the need to make society better.

Senator Burris, I strongly believe that you made a great difference when you served in the U.S. Senate.  Your work as a U.S. Senator helped benefit me to improve on my job’s kills, to stay on my parent’s health insurance until I turn 26, and make Civil Rights stronger to help protect me from being discriminated based on a disability.  You have truly inspired me to  work hard on my disability, continue my interest in history, and continue to work hard when there are different challenges. I was wondering fi you could please share with me what it was like serving in the U.S. Senate and explain your favorite achievements that you made.  Here is a picture of me as a gift to you for inspiring me.  Thanks for taking the time to read my letter, making a great difference  when times were hard, and inspiring me. I wish you well for the future and please continue to advocate for great ideas to make society better.

Sincerely,

Matthew B. Winick

Former U.S. Senator Burris sent me a book about his life including his term in the U.S. Senate

A personalize message on his book to me

received a package that was damaged by USPS. 

Mayor Bill de Blasio of New York City, New York

1/24/2017

Mayor Bill de Blasio

c/o Office of The Mayor

New York City Hall

260 Broadway

New York, NY  10007

Dear Mayor de Blasio,

My name is Matt Winick from Ann Arbor, Michigan with a strong interest in studying history and public policy.  The main reason I have a strong interest in these subjects is to learn the need to advance on Civil Rights to help protect people who are different from discrimination, protect the environment from pollution, have criminal justice reform to reduce crime while protecting people’s civil liberties, and many others.  Mayor de Blasio, I find your work as current Mayor of New York City to be very inspiring to me.

I wanted to say Congrats on winning the 2013 New York Mayoral election because I thought you did a great job campaigning on the need for reform, improve worker’s rights, advance on Civil Rights, and many others.   In your current role as Mayor of New York City, I like your commitment to be a strong supporter of advancing on Civil Rights to protect women, minorities, and people with disabilities from being discriminated.  Also on Civil Rights, I like on how you support for the need to fund women and minorities business to help them compete in the economy, advocate for people with disabilities’ rights, and express the need for equal pay for women.  Funding special education programs to help students with disabilities get the educational sources they need to learn and expanding pre-kindergarten classes to help young children develop learning skills are great ways to make education reform a better place.  On criminal justice reform I like your approach to reform the system by reducing high penalties for people who are in procession of cannabis while expanding treatment programs to help drug users get the treatment they need, push for body cameras on police officers to reduce police brutality or understand how the police handles a situation, and advocate for the need for check and balances to protect people’s civil liberties especially New Yorkers including minorities or people with disabilities from law enforcement abuse while finding ways to reduce crimes.  I like your commitment to be a strong supporter of protecting the environment from pollution by supporting funds for renewable energy sources (wind, solar, and energy efficient products) to reduce our addiction to oil with gas, push for funds to clean water resources with parks to make them safe for people to use, and encourage businesses to use energy efficient products to reduce high energy cost. On government reform, I am proud on how you continue advocating for the need for campaign finance reform to reduce corporations with special interest groups influence in elections or corrupting public officials and to have more disclosures of where they get their money or how they spent it. On the economy, I like on how you support funds for job-training programs to help train youth including workers to help them develop job skills in order to be prepared for the workforce and push to raise the minimum wage to help minimum wage workers afford to live.

Mayor de Blasio, I have Autism and having autism is difficult for me because I struggle on comprehending on learning different subjects especially new things, sometimes I struggle to communicate my thoughts, and get teased.  Your commitment to be a strong supporter of Civil Rights, support people with disabilities’ rights, and push for funding for special education really inspires me to work hard on my disability. Your current role as Mayor of New York City on making a great difference for society really inspires me to continue being motivated to learn history and understand the need for reform to help make society better and safer for people. My main goal is to continue to pursue my interest in learning history and continue to apply on how different ideas from people can help shape society. Another thing is my future goal is someday to work in public policy so I can use what I learn from history and apply it to help shape different ways to help move society forward when there are struggles. My letter is a gift to you for working hard to make a great difference and also to help motivate you to continue advocating for great ideas.

I strongly believe that you really make a great difference in your current role as Mayor of New York City. I’m very proud on how you work really hard to make a great difference for society.  You have truly inspired me to work hard on Autism and to continue my interest in learning history.  Here is a picture of me as a gift to you for inspiring me.  I was wondering if you could explain what it is like being Mayor of New York City. Thanks for taking the time to read my letter, working hard to make a great difference, and inspiring me.  I wish you well on continuing your role as Mayor of New York City.

Sincerely,

Matt Winick