Mayor Catherine S. Blakespear of Encinitas, California

4/17/2019

Mayor Catherine S. Blakespear

c/o Office of the Mayor

City Hall

505 S. Vulcan Avenue

Encinitas, CA  92024

Dear Mayor Blakespear,

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 Blakespear, the main reason I’m writing you a letter is to explain how I find your work as Mayor of Encinitas, California to be very inspiring to me.

In your current role as Mayor of  Encinitas, California, 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 worked to expand on job-training programs to help train youth including workers to develop work-skills to help prepare for the economy and expressing the need to raise the minimum wage to help assist minimum wage workers afford to live.   Supporting funds for renewable energy resources to help reduce addiction to oil with gas, encouraging businesses including industries to use energy-efficient products to reduce high energy cost while reduce pollution, providing funds to help clean parks including water resources along with beaches to make them safe for people to use is common sense to protect the environment from pollution.  On education I like on how you support funds to improve special education to help students with disabilities get accommodations they need to learn, expand after school programs to provide students with tutors to help on their assignments, implement literacy programs to help students who have literacy problems improve on comprehension, and expand more basic, history, science, and arts classes to make education diverse.  Another thing that I like about your work as Mayor of Encinitas, California is how you are an advocate for immigration reform to help protect immigrants including refugees from being oppressed, support the need for affordable housing to help people who are low-income or who can’t afford to live get shelter, and push for community policing for law enforcement to engage with the community to reduce crime while improve law enforcement/community relations. 

Mayor Blakespear,  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 current role as Mayor of Encinitas, California gives me some motivation to continue to learn history including 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, and many others.

I strongly believe that you are making a great difference. I’m very proud on how you are working hard to support civil rights, protect the environment, and many others. You have inspire me to work hard on my disability, continue to learn history including social justice, and learn 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 make a great difference for society.

Sincerely,

Matt Winick