4/13/2017
Mayor
Setti Warren
c/o
Office of the Mayor
City
Hall
1000
Commonwealth Avenue
Newton
Centre, MA 02459
Dear
Mayor Warren,
My
name is Matt Winick from Ann Arbor, Michigan with a strong interest in learning
history with public policy. In these subjects, I like to learn the need for Civil
rights to be stronger to reduce discrimination, protect the environment from
pollution, improve public safety, and many others. Mayor Warren, the main
reason I’m writing you a letter is to explain how I find your work as Mayor of
Newton, Massachusetts to be very inspiring to me.
In January 2010, I was amazed on how you made
history by becoming the first African American to become Mayor in
Massachusetts. I’m very proud on how are
a strong supporter of protecting women, minorities, and people with
disabilities from being discriminated in education and public places. Also on Civil Rights, I really appreciate on
how you are an advocate for people with disabilities’ rights, push for the need to make Newton,
Massachusetts to be a sanctuary city to help protect immigrants including
refuges from being oppressed, support
funds to help women including minorities businesses to help them compete in the
economy, express support for LGBT
rights, and emphasize the need for equal pay for women. Expanding on job-training programs to help
train youth including workers to develop job-skills to help prepare them for
the economy, creating an initiative “Economic Growth for All” to find ways to
help people who are poor including find ways to improve housing with other
economic issues, and encouraging businesses to hire women, minorities, and
people with disabilities to work are great ways to improve the economy. On social justice, I like on how you are
continuing to work with law enforcement to reduce racial profiling to protect
minorities or immigrants, from being persecuted without probable cause and establishing
the Empath pilot program to help people who are low-income with children get
access to housing, and pushing for treatment programs to help drug-users get the
care they need so they won’t get addicted again. Your approach on protecting the environment
while sustaining it like cutting down unhealthy trees including replant healthy
ones to improve “The Garden City” city lifestyle, pushing for renewable energy
sources to reduce addiction to oil with gas, launching new-community-share
solar program to provide low-income families with energy efficient products for
their homes to reduce high energy cost, and providing funds to clean with
maintain parks including water resources to keep them safe for people to use
are great ways to protect the environment. Fund special
education to help students with disabilities get educational resources or
accommodations they need to learn, push for funds for arts including diversity
classes to make learning diverse for people to learn, and expand after school
programs to help youth get help on their assignments is common sense to improve
education reform. Another thing that I like about your role as
Mayor of Newton, MA is how you are working to improve public safety by fixing
potholes on roads including expanding bike paths including sidewalks to keep
pedestrians safe and preserving with restoring historical sites to make
learning a better place.
Mayor
Warren, 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 and your continuous advocacy for people with disabilities’ rights
really inspires me to work hard on my disability. Another
thing is your work on finding ways to improve on social justice drives me to
have an interest in learning the importance of the need to improve social
justice by watching documentaries including read some short articles that focus
on the need to create programs to help people who are poor or low-income, the need for criminal justice reform, and
many others. Another thing is your work as Mayor of Newton, Massachusetts motivates me to
continue my interest in learning history with public policy. My future goals
are to continue to learn how different U.S. Mayors including you work hard to
make a great impact, visit some historical sites or attractions to help me
engage in learning, and write to more U.S. Mayors to explain how I find their
work to be very inspiring to me. My letter is also a gift to you for inspiring
me and to wish you a Happy Birthday for May 15th.
I
strongly believe that you are making a great difference in your current role. I
recently heard that you decided not to run for re-election, however I strongly
believe that you really made a great difference on social justice, Civil
Rights, environmental protection, and many others. You have inspired me to work
hard on my disability, learn the importance of social justice, and to continue
my interest in learning different subjects. Thanks for taking the time to read
my letter, working hard to make a great difference, and inspiring me. I wish you well to continue to make a
positive impact on society before you leave office.
Sincerely,
Matt
Winick
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