44th Mayor Alex Morse of Holyoke, Massachusetts

7/30/2019

Mayor Alex Morse

c/o Office of the Mayor

City Hall

536 Dwight Street

Holyoke, MA  01040

Dear Mayor Morse,

My name is Matt Winick 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 to make Civil Rights stronger to reduce discrimination, protect the environment from pollution, and many others.  Mayor Morse, the main reason I’m writing you a letter is to explain how I find your work as 44^th Mayor of Holyoke, Massachusetts to be very inspiring to me.

In your current role as 44^th Mayor of Holyoke, Massachusetts, I truly appreciate on how you are a strong supporter of Civil Rights by advocating for people with disabilities’ rights, supporting funds for women including minorities businesses to help compete in the economy, and working with city council to expand laws to combat against hate-crime to help protect minorities including people who are different.  On the economy, I liked on how you expanded job-training programs to help train youth including workers to develop work-skills to help prepare for the workforce, create SPARK Program to help give people tools along with an education to help them start their own businesses,  and support increasing the minimum wage to help minimum wage workers afford to live.  Funding renewable energy resources to help reduce addiction to oil with gas, encouraging businesses including industries to use energy efficient products to help reduce high energy cost while reduce pollution,  and working with city council members to expand funds to help improve city services to help clean parks including water resources to make them safe for people to use is common sense to protect the environment.  On education, I like on how you support funds to improve special education to help students with disabilities get accommodations they need to learn, implement literacy programs to help youth including people to improve on comprehension, and push for after school programs to provide youth with help on their assignments.  Another thing that I like about your work as Mayor of Holyoke, Massachusetts is how you push for funds to help restore or preserve historical sites including attractions to help make learning a better place while improve tourism, push for community policing to have law enforcement officers engage with the community to reduce tensions between them, and advocate for immigration reform to help protect immigrants including refugees from being oppressed.

Mayor Morse, 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.    Your current role as Mayor of Holyoke, Massachusetts gives me motivation to continue to learn history including social justice. My future goal is to work in these areas to help emphasize the need to make civil rights stronger to reduce discrimination, protect the environment form pollution, and many others.  Recently, I heard that you were planning on running for Congress and it helped me get interested in learning about your work as Mayor of Holyoke, Massachusetts and some of your ideas to improve social justice.

I strongly believe that you are making a great difference for society. I’m very proud on how you are working hard to support civil rights, push for social justice, protect the environment, and many others. You have inspire me to work hard on my disability and learn more about your work.  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 advocate for common sense ideas and to do well on your congressional race.

Sincerely,

Matt Winick