Honorable Chris Biggs of Kansas (former Geary County Prosecutor, Former Kansas Securities Commissioner, and as 30th Secretary of State of Kansas )

 

3/15/2024

Honorable Chris Biggs

c/o Knopp and Biggs P.A.

620 Humboldt Street

Manhattan, KS  66502

Dear Honorable Biggs,

My name is Matt Winick from Ann Arbor, Michigan and I have a strong interest in learning history, social justice, ethics reform, and criminal justice reform. In these subjects, I like to learn the need for civil rights to be stronger to reduce discrimination, have criminal justice reform to help protect people’s rights while reduce crime, and many others. Honorable Biggs, the main reason I’m writing you a letter is to explain how I find your work when you served as Geary County Prosecutor, as Kansas Securities Commissioner, and as 30th Secretary of State of Kansas to be very inspiring to me.

When you served as Geary County Prosecutor from 1989-2003, I truly appreciated on how you were a strong supporter of civil rights by advocating for people with disabilities’ rights, prosecuting people who commit hate crimes to help protect minorities including people who are different, and investigating public places that practice different forms of discrimination. Supporting drug treatment programs to help drug users get the care they need to reduce drug abuse, expanding on resources to help victims of crime or victims of domestic violence get help on dealing with their trauma, and expressing while expanding funds for improvements on DNA testing including forensic science to help solve evidence or cases efficiently while reduce sending an innocent person to jail is common sense for criminal justice reform. .  Also on criminal justice reform, I like on how you work to implement wrongful conviction unit to investigate cases that had wrongfully convicted people of a crime that they didn’t commit including prosecution misconduct or judicial misconduct, created an educational awareness to help educate people including the Office of the Geary County Prosecutor about mental health, advocated for community policing to help law enforcement engage with the community to improve relations,  and supported community service for non-violent offenders or non violent juveniles get rehabilitation to reduce re-offending.  Another thing that I like about your work as Geary County Prosecutor was how you implement strategies to help provide people with mental health to get help instead of strict sentencing, prosecuted after public officials who are corrupt or accepted illegal bribes, went after industries that illegally polluted the environment or violated environmental protection laws, and take away weapons from people who have a domestic violence record.     In your role as Kansas Securities Commissioner from 2003-2010, I liked on how you investigated companies or businesses that committed fraud, engaged in health violations, and abused worker’s rights including their compensation. When you were 30th Secretary of State of Kansas from 2010-2011, I like on how you worked on expanding on better access to absentee ballots to help people be able to vote when they can’t make it to the polling station during election cycles, ban on gifts to staff members of the Secretary of State from lobbying groups to reduce corruption, and work to expand on improvements of customer services in the Secretary of State to reduce waiting times. 

Honorable Biggs, I have autism with a learning disability. Having a disability is hard for me because I have trouble comprehending on learning different advanced 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 role as former Geary County Prosecutor, as former Kansas Securities Commissioner, and as 30th Secretary of State of Kansas gives me motivation to continue to learn history, social justice, ethics reform, and criminal justice reform. My future goal is to someday work in these areas to help emphasize the need for civil rights to be stronger to reduce discrimination, have criminal justice reform to help protect people’s rights while reduce crime, and many others.

I strongly believe that you made a great difference when you served in public office. I’m very proud on how you worked hard to support civil rights including people with disabilities’ rights, advocate while push for criminal justice reform, expand on ethics reform to reduce corruption, and many others. You truly inspire me to work hard on my disability, learn about your work, and continue to learn different subjects. Thanks for taking the time to read my letter, working hard to make a great difference, and inspiring me.  Please continue to advocate for common sense ideas to help our country.

Sincerely,

Matt Winick