City Clerk Janice M. Winfrey of Detroit, Michigan

2/03/2020

City Clerk Janice M. Winfrey

c/o Office of the City Clerk

Coleman A. Young Municipal Center

2 Woodward Avenue, Suite 200

Detroit, MI  48226

City Clerk Winfrey,

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, have ethics reform to reduce corruption, and many others.  City Clerk Winfrey, the main reason I’m writing you a letter to explain how I find your work as current City Clerk of Detroit to be very inspiring to me.

In your current role as City Clerk of Detroit, I truly appreciate on how you are a strong supporter of civil rights by advocating for people with disabilities’ rights and expressing the need to make civil rights stronger to help protect minorities, women, and people with disabilities from being discriminated.  On ethics reform, I like on how you pushed for a ban on gifts to staff members of the City Clerk from lobbyists or lobbying groups to reduce corruption and support the need for campaign finance reform to reduce dark money in elections and campaigns to make elections fair along with reduce corruption in them.   Creating the Detroit Archives and Records Management Division to help citizens of Detroit have access to current or archived city records is a great way for citizens to understand Detroit history and understand how Detroit is working to improve the city.   Implement Vote 4 Detroit  a voter information platform to help citizens of Detroit know about voter’s information along with allow them to get access to their ballots and create BallotTrax system to help track the status of absentee ballot including let voters know if their ballot is missing or processed in election are great ways to help assist voters.  Another thing that I like about your work as City Clerk of Detroit is how you push for classes to help train poll workers to learn how to work at polls and to help give the knowledge of the election system and expand on absentee voters ballot to help assist people to be able to vote when they can’t vote on election day.  Besides your work as City Clerk of Detroit I like on how you are a continuous strong supporter of civil rights including people with disabilities’ rights,  support African American’s rights to help protect them from being discriminated,  express the need to protect the environment from  pollution, and many others.

City Clerk Winfrey, I have autism with a learning disability. Having 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 on Youtube and online on the City Clerk of Detroit I enjoy learning about your work on ethics reform, voter’s rights, and push for government reform.  Your role as current City Clerk of Detroit gives me 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,  have ethics reform to reduce corruption, improve voter’s rights from being weaken, and many others. My letter is a gift to you for inspiring me and for Black History Month to help recognize African Americans who work hard to make a great difference for society.

I strongly believe that you are making a great difference for society and elections. I’m very proud on how you are working hard to support civil rights, push for ethics reform, expand on voter’s rights, and many others. You have inspire me to work hard on my disability, learn about your work, and continue to learn history including social justice. Thanks for taking the time to read my letter, working hard to make a great difference, and inspiring me. Please continue to work hard to make a great difference for society and government.

Sincerely,

Matt Winick

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