Mayor Jim Gray of Lexington, Kentucky

6/11/2018

Mayor Jim Gray

Office of the Mayor

c/o  City of Lexington

200 E. Main Street

Lexington, KY  40507

Dear Mayor Gray,

My name is Matt Winick from Ann Arbor, Michigan and I have a strong interest in learning history. In history, 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,  have government reform to reduce corruption, and many others. Mayor Gray, The main reason I’m writing you a letter is because I find your work as current Mayor of Lexington, Kentucky to be very inspiring to me.

In your current role as Mayor of Lexington, Kentucky, I like on how you are very committed to be a strong supporter of making Civil Rights stronger to help protect women, minorities, and people with disabilities from being discriminated. Also on Civil Rights, I am very proud on how you advocate for people with disabilities’ rights, push for funding women including minorities business to help them compete in the economy, express the need to have equal pay for women to help them from being discriminated in pay, and expand legislation to combat against hate crime to help protect people who are different.   Pushing for renewable energy projects to help create clean jobs while reduce addiction to oil with gas, and expanding funds to help clean up parks including water resources to help make them safe for people to use are great ways to protect the environment. On the economy, I like your approach to find ways to improve it like encourage small businesses including different businesses to use energy-efficient products to help them reduce high energy cost including protect the environment, support job-training programs to help train youth including workers to develop job-skills to help them be prepared for the workforce, push for funds to help farmers including local famers get help on growing their agriculture products or help them combat against drought, and reduce high fees on small businesses to help them be part of the economy.  Funding special education to help students with disabilities get educational accommodations that they need, promote funding the arts including history along with diversity classes to make education diverse in learning, and push for after school programs to help youth get help on their assignments are great ways to make education reform a better place. Another thing that I like about your role as mayor is  how you advocate with support the need for campaign finance reform to reduce corruption in elections including public officials like the need for public disclosures  on who is donating to a campaign or candidate,  have a waiting period for public officials to  become lobbyist,  limit how much a lobbying group, corporations or PACs can donate to a campaign, and ban gifts from lobbyist to public officials including congressional members.

Mayor Gray, 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, be an advocate for people with disabilities, and push for laws to combat against hate-crime really inspires me to work hard on my disability.  Your ideas about campaign finance reform including government reform with ethics reform intrigues me to learn the need for these core values to reduce corruption, watch documentaries about ethics reform, and read books about having the need for campaign finance reform. Your current work as mayor of Lexington, Kentucky motivates me to continue my interest in learning history. my future goal is to someday teach history to help emphasize the need to make society better like Civil Rights, campaign finance reform , protect the environment, and many others.  

Mayor Gray, I believe that you are making a great difference as current mayor.  Your ideas to make society better including the need to have campaign finance reform with ethics reform  are common sense and not a political issue.  You have inspired me to continue to work hard on my disability,  be motivated to continue my interest in learning history, and understand the need for campaign finance reform along with ethics reform to make elections faire and even make government work.  Thanks for taking the time to read my letter, working hard to push for common sense ideas to make society better, and inspiring me. I wish you well to continue your role as Mayor of  Lexington, Kentucky and to advocate for good policies  to make our country a better place.

Sincerely,

Matt Winick

Mayor Gray sent me some gifts from The Office of The Mayor

Dr. Regina Benjamin, MD (18th Surgeon General of the United States )

7/11/2017

Dr. Regina Benjamin, MD

Founder & CEO of Bayou Clinic

c/o  Bayou Clinic Inc.

13833 Tapia Avenue

Bayou La Batre, AL  36509

Dear Dr. Benjamin,

My name is Matthew Winick from Ann Arbor, Michigan with a strong interest in learning history with public policy. In these subjects, I like to learn the need to make Civil Rights stronger to reduce discrimination, protect the environment from pollution, find ways to improve public safety, and many others. Dr. Benjamin, the main reason I’m writing you a letter is because I find your work as 18^th Surgeon General of the United States to be very inspiring to me.

In 2009, I was very proud on how you accepted President Barack Obama’s appointment to serve as Surgeon General of the United States to help him improve public health.  When you served as 18^th Surgeon General of the United States from 2009-2013, I was very proud on how you were a strong supporter of making Civil Rights stronger to help protect women, minorities, and people with disabilities from being discriminated in education and public places.  Also on Civil Rights, I liked on how you advocated for people with disabilities’ rights, supported women’s rights from being discriminated, and expanded on programs to help minorities including women and people with disabilities to help them get assistance in their community. “The Surgeon General’s Vision for Healthy and Fit Nation” that you wrote in January 2010 had great ideas on reducing obesity and promoting health and wellness programs for families including the community like promote nutrition programs in schools to help educate youth about the need to eat healthy foods, expand exercising programs to help youth including adults get exercise to reduce obesity, and work with agriculture industries or farms to help them grow healthy foods to help give to the communities.  On women’s rights, I liked on how express your support for women’s right to choose, push for funds to help women get access to mammograms to help reduce a chance of breast cancer, and support the need for women to not be discriminated by insurance companies on their healthcare.  To reduce heart attacks, I am very proud on you launched “Million Hearts” campaign to help address educational awareness about the need to reduce heart disease and push for funding for medical research to find ways to cure or prevent heart disease.  On mental health, I liked on how you created along with issued National Strategy for Suicide Prevention to help spread awareness about preventing suicide like expand on counseling to help victims of bullying get help in schools along with universities, push on research to find  ways to deal with mental illness, and many others.  After you left your role as Surgeon General of the United States, I like on how you continue to advocate for people with a disabilities’ rights, express the need for health care reform, support Civil Rights, express ideas to reduce obesity, and many others.

Dr. Benjamin, 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 be an advocate for people with disabilities’ rights really inspires me to work hard on my disability.  Your role as 18^th   Surgeon General of the United States motivates me to continue my interest in learning history with public policy. My future goal is to someday work in public policy to help shape common sense ideas to make society a better place. Your work as Surgeon General of the United States and your commitment to find ways to improve public health got me really interested in watching documentaries about the need to improve nutrition, make food products safe, and the need to make public health a priority.

I strongly believe that you made a great difference as 18^th Surgeon General of the United States. I’m very proud on how you worked hard to help President Obama, push for great ideas to improve public health, and make a great difference for society.  Dr. Benjamin, you have truly inspired me to work hard on my disability, continue to work hard at overcoming different challenges, and be motivated to continue to learn history with public policy including the need to improve public health.  Here is a picture of me as a gift to you for inspiring me.  Also I was wondering if you could please share with me what it was like serving as Surgeon General of the United States and working with President Obama. Thanks for taking the time to read my letter, making a great difference for society, and inspiring me. I wish you well for the future and to continue to advocate to make public health with society a better place.

Sincerely,

Matthew B. Winick

Mayor Tom Tait of Anaheim, California

2/12/2018

Mayor Tom Tait

c/o Office of the Mayor

City Hall

200 S Anaheim Boulevard

Anaheim, CA  92805

Dear Mayor Tait,

My name is Matt Winick from Ann Arbor, Michigan with a strong interest in learning history and social justice. In these subjects, I like to learn the need to make Civil Rights stronger to reduce discrimination, protect the environment from pollution, and many others. Mayor Tait, the main reason I’m writing you a letter is to explain how I find your work as Mayor of Anaheim California to be very inspiring to me.

In your current role as Mayor of Anaheim, California, I truly appreciate on how you are a strong supporter of Civil Rights by advocating for people with disabilities’ rights, working with city council to have strict laws to combat against hate-crime to help protect minorities including people who are different, and expressing the need to reduce racial profiling to help protect minorities including immigrants from being oppressed. I like your commitment to improve education by funding special education to help students with disabilities get the care they need, pushing for more after school programs to help youth get help on assignments from tutors, and support the need to funds the arts including diversity programs to make education diverse.  Supporting renewable energy projects to reduce addiction to oil with gas, encouraging businesses including industries to use energy efficient products to help reduce high energy costs while protect the environment,  working to improve city services to clean up parks including water resources to make them safe for people to use is a common sense way to combat against climate change while reduce pollution.  On the economy, I like your approach on how you are expanding on job training programs to help train youth including workers to develop work-skills and provide small businesses including local businesses with tax-credit to help them hire people to work for them.  Your approach on criminal justice reform like express the need to reduce racial profiling to help protect minorities including immigrants from being oppressed, create more community policing to help improve relations between law enforcement and communities, push for drug treatment programs to help drug-users get the care they need to reduce drug addiction, and expand programs to help victims of crime or victims of domestic violence get help from law enforcement resources is common sense.  Another thing that I liked about your work as Mayor of Anaheim, California is how you are an advocate for immigration reform to help immigrants including refugees along with DACA be protected from being oppressed, create Hi Neighbor program to bring neighbors including community members together to find ways to improve neighborhoods, implement Coming Home Anaheim where local communities team up with religious groups to help give homeless people shelter,  and work on an initiative called city of Kindness to help find ways to make a city friendly to people who come from different backgrounds along with push for educational awareness to address the need to reduce bullying.   Also I really like on how you are a moderate Republican who is working with other U.S. Mayors from different political affiliation in the U.S. Conference of Mayors on advancing Civil Rights,  protecting the environment, reduce homeless rate while push for affordable housing,  express the need for immigration reform to help protect immigrants including refugees. 

Mayor Tait, I have autism with a learning disability. Having a disability is hard for me because I have trouble comprehending on learning different advance subjects, sometimes I struggle to communicate my thoughts, and get teased. Your commitment to be a strong supporter of Civil Rights including people with disabilities’ rights really inspires me to work hard on my disability.   Also your role and participation in the U.S. Conference of Mayors really helps me to continue to be interested in learning about the U.S. Conference of Mayors role in society and develop more interest in learning about how different U.S. Mayors have good common sense ideas when both political parties aren’t advocates for good ideas.  Your role as current Mayor of Anaheim, California gives me motivation to continue to learn history and social justice. My future goal is to someday work in these areas to help emphasize the need to make Civil Rights stronger to reduce discrimination, protect the environment from pollution, improve social justice to make communities safe, and the need for immigration reform to protect immigrants along with refugees.

I strongly believe that  you are making a great difference or society. I’m very proud on how you as a moderate Republican mayor is working hard to support Civil Rights, protect the environment, advocate for social justice with immigration reform, and working with other U.S. Mayors to find solutions. You have truly inspired me to work hard on my disability, learn more about your work, be motivated to learn more about U.S. Conference of Mayors including other U.S. Mayors, and continue to learn history with social justice.  My letter is a gift to you for inspiring me and before you leave office.  Thanks for taking the time to read my letter, working hard to make a great difference, and inspiring me. I wish you the best to continue to push for common sense ideas before your term ends.

Sincerely,

Matt Winick

got some gifts and some City of Kindess Tokens

U.S. District Judge Dolly Gee for the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California

5/11/2018

U.S. District Judge Dolly Gee

U.S. District Court for the Central District of California

c/o Federal Courthouse

312 North Spring Street Room 218P

Los Angeles, CA  90012

Dear U.S. District Judge Gee,

My name is Matt Winick, an Asian American with a strong interest in learning history and social justice. In these subjects, I like to learn the need to make Civil Rights stronger to reduce discrimination and have criminal justice reform to help protect people’s rights while reduce crime.  U.S. District Judge Gee, the main reason I’m writing you a letter is to explain how I find your work in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California and your activism in the Asian American community to be very inspiring to me.

In August 2009, I liked on how you accepted President Obama to nominate you to serve on the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California to help him improve the judicial system.  In March 2010, I was amazed on how you made history by becoming the first Chinese American woman to be U.S. District Judge in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California.   In your current role as U.S. District Judge, I truly appreciate on how you are a strong supporter of Civil Rights by advocating for people with disabilities’ rights, pushing for strict sentencing for people who commit hate-crimes to help protect minorities including people who are different, and working hard to help protect Civil Rights from being violated.  Supporting the idea of drug treatment programs to help drug-users get the care they need to reduce drug abuse, expanding on law enforcement resources including the court resources to help victims of crime including victims of domestic violence get help on reducing their trauma,  and express the need to improve funds for forensic science including DNA testing to help reduce sending an innocent person to jail including solve cases efficiently is common sense for criminal justice reform.  Another thing that I liked about your work in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California is how you are protecting our basic civil liberties like the fourth amendment to help protect people form unreasonable searches and many others.   Besides your work in the judicial career, I especially like on how you are active for the Asian American community by advocating for Asian Americans with disabilities’ rights, supporting Asian American rights including immigrants, expressing the for more educational awareness about Asian American culture.

U.S. District Judge Gee, I have autism with a learning disability. Having a disability is hard for me because I have trouble comprehending on learning different advance subjects, sometimes I struggle to communicate my thoughts, and get teased. Your commitment to be a strong supporter of Civil Rights including people with disabilities’ rights really inspires me to work hard on my disability.  Also being an Asian American with a disability is difficult for me because some Asians including some Asian Americans tease me including get judgmental about me being different from them.  Your continuous commitment to be a strong supporter of the Asian community and advocate for Asian American with disabilities’ rights gives me some inspiration to continue to be proud to be an Asian American when I face struggles in fitting in.  On Youtube NAPABANational Inspirational Video Series Judge Dolly Gee, I really had fun learning about your early life being born to Chinese immigrants, how you decided to go into law career, and express the need for criminal justice reform.   Your current role as U.S. District Judge for U.S. District Court for the Central District of California gives me motivation to continue to learn history and social justice. My future goal is to someday work in these areas to help emphasize the need to make Civil Rights stronger to reduce discrimination, have criminal justice reform to help protect people’s rights while reduce crime, and many others. My letter is a gift to you for inspiring me and for May Asian Pacific American Heritage Month to help recognize Asian Americans who work hard to make a great difference for society.

I strongly believe that you are making a great difference in the judicial system. I’m very proud on how you are working hard to support Civil Rights, help the Asian American communities, and push for criminal justice reform.  You have inspired me to work hard on my disability, be motivated to continue to learn history including social justice, and continue to work hard on being confident about being an Asian American with a disability.  Thanks for taking the time to read my letter, working hard to improve society, and inspiring me.   I wish you the best to continue to make a great difference for society and the criminal justice system, and the Asian American community.

Sincerely,

Matt Winick