32nd State Controller Betty Yee of California

 

        5/22/2019

California State Controller Betty Yee

c/o Office of the California State Controller

300 Capitol Street, Suite 1850

Sacramento, CA  95814

Dear State Controller Yee,

My name is Matt Winick, an Asian American from Ann Arbor, Michigan and I have a strong interest in learning history including social justice. In these subjects, I like to learn the need for Civil Rights to be stronger to reduce discrimination, protect the environment from pollution, and many others. State Controller Yee, the main reason I’m writing you a letter is to explain how I find your work when you served as California Board of Equalization from the 1^st District and current role as 32^nd State Controller of California to be very inspiring to me.

When you served as Member of the California State  Board of Equalization from the 1^st District from 2005-2015, I truly appreciated on how you were a strong supporter of Civil Rights by advocating for people with disabilities’ rights,  supporting funds to help fund women including minorities businesses to help them compete in the economy, and expressing the need for equal pay for women to help protect them from being discriminated based on gender.   On the environment, I liked on how you supported funds for renewable energy resources help reduce addiction to oil with gas and work with both political parties in the Members of the California State  Board of Equalization to provide funds to local cities to help clean up parks including water resources to make them safe for people to use.  On education I like on how you supported to fund special education to help students with disabilities get accommodations they need to learn and implemented after school programs to provide students with help on their assignments from tutors. Expressing the need to raise the minimum wage to help assist minimum wage workers afford to live and expanding job-training programs to help train youth including workers develop work-skills to help prepare to work for the workforce is common sense to improve the economy.  In your current role as 32^nd State Controller of California, I like on how you are a continuous supporter of Civil Rights including people with disabilities’ rights,  provide funds to help restore historical sites including museums or attractions to help restore them along with improve learning, work on pushing for ethics reform like banning gifts to staff members or public officials from lobbyist to reduce corruption, and advocate for the need for affordable housing to help people who are poor or can’t afford to live get shelter.  Besides your work in public service, I like on how you use your role as an Asian American to advocate for Asian Americans including Asian American with people with disabilities’ rights, work with the Asian American communities get fund to help repair them, and express the need for immigration reform to help protect immigrants including refugees from being oppressed.

State Controller Yee, 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 as former  Member of the California State  Board of Equalization from the 1^st District and as current 32^nd State Controller of California gives me some motivation to continue to learn history including social justice. Also being an Asian American with a disability is difficult when some Asians or some Asian Americans tease me or get judgmental about me being different. Your advocacy for Asian American rights including Asian Americans with disabilities’ rights helps give me some confidence about being an Asian American when I face different challenges. 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, and many others.

I strongly believe that you made a great difference in public service. I’m very proud on how you are working hard to support civil rights, protect the environment, expand on ethics reform, and advocate for Asian American communities. You have inspired me to work hard on my disability, be confident about being an Asian American when I face challenges, and to continue to learn history including social justice.  Thanks for taking the time to reading my letter, working hard to make a great difference, and inspiring me. Please continue to advocate for common sense ideas.

Sincerely,

Matt Winick

Mr. Christopher Gorham Actor Covert Affairs

4/08/2019

Mr. Christopher Gorham
Insatiable Season 2 (Until Jun 25 2019)
c/o EUE/Screen Gems Studio
175 Lakewood Way SW
Atlanta, GA  30315

Dear Mr. Gorham,

My name is Matt Winick and I’m a fan of your acting.  My favorite tv show that you played in was Covert Affairs.  Covert Affairs was a great tv show on USA Network about Annie Walker, a young CIA trainee who is sent to work in the Domestic Protection Division to stop terrorism across the globe including in her home country.  Mr. Gorham, I thought you did an excellent job portraying as August Auggie Anderson because I liked on how you made him have different unique traits like working hard to overcome different challenges on his disability which is blind to help the agency, being a mentor to Annie to help provide tips or knowledge to help her on the field, and being loyal to his own team when they face politics.  In Covert Affairs I enjoyed watching season1 through 5 because I like seeing how Annie would work on improving herself in the spy world while balancing her personal life, seeing Auggie and Annie have a friendship including partnership along with being in a relationship, and many others. 

Mr. Gorham, 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 character Auggie on working to overcome his disability in Covert Affairs really inspires me to work hard on my disability.  Also Covert Affairs show helped me continue my interest in watching spy theme movies including tv shows like 007 James Bond movies.

I strongly believe that you are a very talented actor. You do such an excellent job making your character Auggie in Covert Affairs have different unique traits.  You have inspired me to work hard on my disability and be a fan of Covert Affairs.  I was wondering if you could please take the time to answer some of my questions that I have.  Thanks for taking the time to read my letter and doing an excellent job acting. I wish you the best.

Sincerely,

Matt Winick

   

Mr. Ricky Schroder Actor

4/05/2019

Mr. Ricky Schroder

c/o Ricky Schroder Productions

#824

22603 Pacific Coast Highway

Malibu, CA  90265

Dear Mr. Schroder,

My name is Matt Winick and I’m a fan of your acting. My favorite tv shows that you played in were Silver Spoons, NYPD Blue, and Strong Medicine.  Silver Spoons was a great comedy show about Ricky Stratton who moves in a mansion of his father who he never met and understand life.  In Silver Spoons, I liked on how it focus on Ricky trying to improve his relationship with his father, understand how friendships work when he struggle to make friends including fit in, and many others.  NYPD Blue was a an awesome crime drama about how NYPD police detectives solve cases along with how they deal with trying to balancing their work life along with their personal life.  I liked on how you made Detective Danny Sorenson a unique character in NYPD Blue by making him have traits like examining evidence to help the other detectives in the unit solve cases, learning on the job to improve himself to gain more experience on the job, and many others.  Another show that I really enjoy watching was Strong Medicine.  Strong Medicine was a great medical drama show about Dr. Lu Delgado who works with other doctors and a staff at Rittenhouse Health Center where they help patients with different medical issues.  In Strong Medicine, I liked on how the show focuses on social justice, different health issues, and class conflict. Also in the show I really liked on how each on the main characters would have different unique traits and do soul-searching to find ways to help use a different approach to a situation.  Mr. Schroder, I thought you did an excellent job making Dr. Dylan West a great character on Strong Medicine because I like on how you made Dr. West have great traits like willing to work hard to get along with Dr. Lu Delgado when they have differences,  wanting to improve himself on different skills to learn from his mistakes,  wanting to go the extra mile to help patients who have trouble with different things in their lives, and many others. Also  in Strong Medicine season 6 I like on seeing how Dr. Dylan West would work together with Dr. Lu Delgado to find some common ground to help each other. 

Besides your acting, I truly appreciate your activism on supporting Civil Rights including people with disabilities’ rights causes, advocating for the need to reduce bullying, expressing the need for diversity to make society including entertainment accept people who are different, and expanding funds for the arts to make entertainment better for people.  Mr. Schroder, 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.   Another thing that I struggle with a disability is when I have trouble with friendships when I lose some friends when they lose faith in me due to having a disability and some peers of friends get judgmental about me.  Your characters Ricky Stratton in Silver Spoons and Dr. Dylan West in Strong Medicine  helps give me some motivation to try to understand how friendships works when things get difficult and find ways to improve myself so I won’t repeat the mistakes.

I strongly believe that you are a very talented actor. You do such an excellent job making your characters have different unique traits.  You have inspired me to work hard on my disability, try to understand life including friendships when things get difficult, and be a fan of your acting.  I was wondering if you could please take the time to give me some advice about working hard on my disability when I face different challenges.  Thanks for taking the time to read my letter, doing an excellent job making a great difference, and inspiring me.  Please continue to make a great impact on society.

Sincerely,

Matt Winick

P.S. my letter is a gift to you for inspiring me and to wish you a Happy Birthday for April  13^th. 

Ms. Naomie Harris actress

3/18/2019

Ms. Naomie Harris

Bond 25 (March 4 2019-May 15 2019)

c/o Pinewood Studios 

Pinewood Road

Iver Heath

Buckinghamshire

SL0 0NH

UK

Dear Ms. Harris,

My name is Matt Winick and I’m a fan of your acting. My favorite movies that you played in were Mandela: Long Walk To Freedom, 007  Skyfall, and 007 Spectre.  Mandela: Long Walk To Freedom was a great biopic movie about Nelson Mandela’s life on how he work hard overcome his struggles to advocate for the need to end apartheid in South Africa.  You did an excellent job portraying as Winnie Mandela because I liked on how you made her  a great historical figure like caring about her husband Nelson Mandela  when he faces discrimination including facing difficult times when he is in prison for speaking out against apartheid and continuing the work to combat against apartheid when Nelson Mandela is in jail.  The movie did an excellent job explaining what South Africa was like when Africans were suffering to discrimination in the apartheid laws,  how Neslon Mandela along with Winnie Mandela worked hard to fight for African rights including combat against the apartheid movement.   In 007 Skyfall and 007 Spectre, I enjoy the plot of the James Bond movies about how James Bond works to stop different organizations that are trying to destroy the world.   Ms. Harris, you do such an excellent job making Ms. Eve Moneypenny  a great character in the bond films because I liked on how you made Ms. Mooneypenny have different unique traits like caring about James Bond’s wellbeing when he has a struggle on a mission, being resourceful at different information to provide 007 with help on the mission, and many others.   Another thing is I think that you and Mr. Daniel Craig do an excellent job making Ms. Moneypenny and James Bond a great team.

Ms. Harris, 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 acting really inspires me to work hard on my disability.   Also your role in Mandela: Long Walk To Freedom helps me continue my motivation to continue to learn history. In history I like to learn about how famous people or different individuals (minorities, women, and people with disabilities) work hard to make a great difference, the need for human rights including civil rights to reduce discrimination, protect the environment from pollution, and many others. Also I’m a James Bond fan because I liked on how James Bond would have a sense of humor, use gadgets to help him on missions, and many others.

I strongly believe that you are a very talented actress.  You really do such an excellent job making characters have great traits.  Another thing is you did a great job making Ms. Moneypenny a great bond character. You have inspired me to work hard on my disability, be motivated to continue to learn history, and continue being a James Bond fan. I was wondering if you could please take the time to answer some of my questions.  Thanks for taking the time to read my letter, doing an excellent job acting, and inspiring me.  I wish you the best to continue acting and to continue to make Bond movies fun  to watch.

Sincerely,

Matt Winick