76th Kentucky Secretary Alison Lundergan Grimes of State

12/27/2016

Secretary Alison Lundergan Grimes

c/o Office of the Kentucky Secretary of State

Kentucky State Capitol Building

700 Capital Avenue, Suite 152

Frankfort, KY  40601

Dear Secretary Grimes,

My name is Matthew Winick from Ann Arbor, Michigan with a strong interest in learning history including public policy. In these subjects, I like to learn the need to make Civil Rights stronger to reduce discrimination,  have government reform to make it work for the people along with reduce corruption in government, and many others. Secretary Grimes, the main reason I’m writing you a letter is because I find your work as 76^th Kentucky Secretary of State to be very inspiring to me and explain how I enjoyed your DNC 2016 speech.

In your current role as 76^th Kentucky Secretary of State,  I’m very proud 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 them compete in the economy, and expressing the need for equal pay for women to help protect them from being discriminated in pay.  Keeping address of domestic violence victims confidentially to help protect them from their abusers is common sense to improve public safety and even protect victim’s rights.   On voting rights, I like on how you are an advocate for early voting along with improve voter absentee ballot to help people vote in the election when they can’t make it on election day, keep voter information of domestic violence private from public to reduce crime, and express the need for campaign finance reform along with ethics reform to reduce lobbying groups from donating to campaigns including ban gifts to public officials.   Another thing that I like about your role as Kentucky Secretary of State is how you are an advocate to improve voting process for people in the U.S. military who serve overseas and work with Kentucky General Assembly to pass The Kentucky Military Heroes Voting Initiative laws which allows military members or other voters who served in the military be able to register to vote, update their voter’s registration online, expand extra time for them to vote in special elections, and provide protection for them when they vote.  Besides your role as Kentucky Secretary of State, I’m very proud on how you support women’s right to choose, support the need to improve health care like the Affordable Care Act along with Kynect to help protect people with pre-existing conditions from losing health insurance, and the need to provide small businesses along with companies that want to make American products from high taxes to help the economy. 

Secretary Grimes, I have autism with a learning disability. Having a disability is hard for me because I have trouble comprehending on learning different subjects, sometimes I struggle to communicate my thoughts, and get teased.  Another thing that I struggle with a disability is people use bigotry or prejudice on me. Your commitment to be a strong supporter of Civil Rights and be a supporter of people with disabilities’ rights really inspires me to work hard on my disability.  I enjoyed watching your speech at the DNC 2016 Convention in July because you did a great job explaining your role as Kentucky Secretary of State and emphasized the need to protect women’s rights from being weakened. Also in your speech I really liked your story about how a woman like you got involved in the public policy and how Hilary Clinton made a great impact on you.  Your role as current Kentucky Secretary of State motivates me to continue my interest in learning history, understand the need for ethics reform along with government reform to reduce corruption, and learn the need to make voting rights along with Civil Rights stronger.   My future goal is to someday work in public policy or work in history to help work on different common sense ideas to make society better.

I strongly believe that you make a great difference in your current role on making society, government reform, Civil Rights,  and voting rights stronger.  Also I’m proud on how you are working hard to make a great difference when the political system is difficult or when they aren’t advocates for these common sense ideas. You did an excellent job giving your speech at the DNC 2016 and really had a great message.  Thanks for taking the time to read my letter, working hard when there are political obstacles, and inspiring me.  Please continue to advocate for common sense ideas to make society stronger when there are obstacles.  Have a great Happy New Year.

Sincerely,

Matthew B. Winick

Former 5th U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Carla A. Hills

12/04/2016

Honorable Carla A. Hills

c/o Hills & Company international Consultants

1850 M Street, NW Suite 600

Washington, DC  20036

Dear Honorable Hills,

My name is Matthew Winick from Ann Arbor, Michigan with a strong interest in learning history including public policy. In these subjects, I like to understand the need to make Civil Rights stronger to reduce discrimination, protect the environment from pollution, and many others.  Honorable Hills, the main reason I’m writing you a letter is because I find your work as 5^th U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, as 10^th U.S. Trade Representative, and as a moderate Republican to be very inspiring to me.

When President Gerald Ford selected you to serve as 5^th U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development in his administration, I was very proud on how you accepted his nomination to help our country. In your role as 5^th U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, I liked on how you worked with President Ford to push for advancing Civil Rights to help protect women, minorities, and people with disabilities from being discriminated in housing. Another thing is when you served in President Ford’s administration, I was very proud on how you worked the President Ford on working hard to push for the need to help address the need for women’s rights like the need for equal pay, support women’s healthcare, and strengthen laws to help protect women from being discriminated in jobs including education based on gender.  Also I liked on how you and President Ford worked hard to push for Equal Rights Amendment to help protect women from being discriminated based on gender even though it didn’t become law and pushed to get All Handicapped Children Act to help Children with disabilities have special education in schools including programs to help them.   In your role as 10^th U.S. Trade Representative in President George H.W. Bush Administration, I was amazed on how you had the courage to implement the Omnibus Foreign Trade and Competitiveness Act to investigate countries that were doing unfair trade with the U.S. to help protect worker’s rights, find ways to make products safe for consumers to use, make free trade follow environmental protection laws, and many others.  After you left your positions, I am very proud on how you continue to advocate for women’s rights, express the need to make Civil Rights stronger, support people with disabilities’ rights, find ways to protect the environment from pollution, and many others as a moderate Republican. During the 2016 Presidential election, I was amazed on how you had the courage to stand up to your own party due to their extreme views and later endorse Hilary Clinton because you believe that she has great experience including believe that a women should be president.

Honorable Hills, I have Autism with a learning disability. Having a disability is hard for me because I have trouble comprehending on learning different subjects, sometimes I struggle to communicate my thoughts, and get teased. Your commitment to support Civil Rights and advocate for people with disabilities’ rights really inspires me to work hard on my disability.  Last year, I went to visit The Gerald Ford Presidential Museum in Grand Rapids, Michigan and I enjoyed visiting it.  I enjoyed learning about President Ford’s life with his presidency, his achievements like Civil Rights, helping south Vietnamese escape from Vietnam when North Vietnam took over, and people who served in his administration. Also in the museum I had a great time learning how you made a great impact in President Ford’s administration.  Your role as 5^th U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, as 10^th U.S. Trade Representative, and as a moderate Republican motivates me to continue my interest in learning history with public policy. My future goal is to use what I learn in history to create common sense ideas to make society a better place.

Honorable Hills, I strongly believe that you made a great difference when you served in the presidential administration.  I’m very proud on how you worked hard to make a great difference and have the courage to be a moderate Republican when the Republican party would get too extreme on different issues.  Also I enjoyed learning about President Ford’s presidential achievements and how you made a great difference serving in his administration.  You have inspired me to work hard on my disability, to continue my interest in learning history, and to learn more about your work. Thanks for taking the time to read my letter, working hard to make a great difference when there are challenges, and inspiring me. I wish you well and please continue to advocate for common sense ideas to make society a better place.

Sincerely,

Matthew B. Winick

Mr. Tim Dekay

5/2/2016

Mr. Tim Dekay

c/o Paradigm Talent Agency

360 North Crescent Dr.

North Building

Beverly Hills, CA 90210

Dear Mr. Dekay,

My name is Matt Winick and I wanted to say that I enjoy watching you act as FBI Agent Peter Burke on White Collar. White Collar is one of my favorite tv shows on USA Network because I liked on the plot of the story about a white collar criminal working the White Collar FBI division on stopping crime like fraud, robbery, scams, and counterfeit.  Another reason I liked White Collar was that it had a great balance between crime, comedy, and how the whit collar criminal uses his technique to solve crimes.  In October 2009 I saw the pilot episode and I really liked the episode because I liked on how the main show started where Neal, a white collar criminal escapes to prison that results in him getting caught by Agent Burke.  In the pilot I liked on how Agent Burke makes a deal with Neal to be an informant to help the FBI with cases to reduce his prison time.  Throughout the show I really enjoyed all the episodes because I really liked on how Neal, a white collar criminal has a good working relationship including a friendship with Agent Burke even though they have different methods on solving cases, where their background comes from, and when they have a conflict. I thought you, Mr. Matt Bomer, Mr. Willie Garson, Tiffani Thiessen, Mr. Sharif Atkins, and Ms. Marsha Thomason did a great job making White Collar fun to watch and making the characters have interesting role in helping on another.  When White Collar ended after 6 seasons I was very sad because I really like the episodes of not being dark, having humor mixed with solving crimes, and making the show nice by having an FBI agent have a friendship with a criminal.  

Mr. Dekay, your work on White Collar got me to be very interested in studying about history of white collar crimes by watching documentaries and reading books. Also your work including Mr. Matt Bomer helped me get interested in becoming a fan of White Collar and watching every episodes. I think you and Mr. Matt Bomer are a great team on making the show clever, fun, humor, and having a great mix between friendships and solving crimes through your roles as Peter and Neal.  I have Autism with a learning disability.  Having a disability is hard for me because sometimes I get teased by other people due to having it, I struggle on comprehending on learning different subjects, and sometimes I struggle communicating my thoughts.  Your role as Agent Peter Burke on White Collar where you worked hard to fix friendship with Neal when there is a conflict really inspires me to work hard on Autism and understand the need for friendships with how they are important.

Mr. Dekay, I strongly believe that you really made a great difference in making White Collar a great show mixed with crime, comedy, and friendship.  You and Mr. Matt Bomer really made a great team on making every episode a great one to watch and make your characters blend well with different traits. I’m proud to call you one of my favorite tv actors because you do such a great job making Agent Burke have a sense of humor, caring for his friends including people who he works with, and making sure that friendships is important. Here is two pictures of me in suit with a tie trying to be like a wanna-be white collar character and a picture of me as a gift to you to keep for inspiring me . Also here is a card wishing you a Happy Birthday for June 12^th. Thanks for taking the time to read my letter, making your character including White Collar fun to watch, and inspiring me to be a fan of the show with your acting including working hard  on Autism.  I wish you well for the future in acting and I hope that someday there can be a White Collar movie starring you and Mr. Matt Bomer.    

Sincerely,

Matt Winick

My Birthday Card message including my drawing of Agent Burke and Neal.

Assessor-Recorder Carmen Chu of San Francisco, California

11/22/2016

Assessor-Recorder Carmen Chu

c/o  Office of the Assessor-Recorder

City Hall

1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place, Room 190

San Francisco, CA  94102-4698

Dear Assessor-Recorder Carmen Chu,

My name is Matt Winick, an Asian American with a strong interest in learning history with public policy. In these subjects, I like to learn the need to advance on Civil Rights to reduce discrimination, protect the environment from pollution, and many others. Assessor-Recorder Chu, the main reason I’m writing you a letter is to explain how I find your work as Member of the San Francisco Board of Supervisor from District 4 and current role as Assessor-Recorder of San Francisco to be very inspiring to me.

When you served as Member of the San Francisco Board of Supervisor from District 4 from 2007-2013, I was very proud on how you were a strong supporter of protecting women, minorities, and people with disabilities from being discriminated in education and public places. Also on Civil Rights, I liked on how you advocated for people with disabilities’ rights, express the need for women to have equal pay, push for laws to combat against hate-crime to help protect people who are different, and support funding women including minorities businesses to help them compete in the economy.  Working to help Asian American communities get funding to help clean their city, supporting Asian American with disabilities’ rights, helping Asian American small businesses get assistance from city government to help them be part of the community, and expanding on Asian American with Asian culture including education to help teach people about how their culture is important to society are great ways to help Asian Americans including Asians. On education, I liked on how you supported funding special education to help students with disabilities get educational accommodations they need and provided funds for arts including diversity classes to make education a better place to learn.   Pushing for renewable energy (wind, solar, biofuel, and energy efficient products) to reduce addiction to oil with gas, expanding on funds to clean up parks including water resources to make them safe for people to use,  and encouraging funds for environmental education to help emphasize the need to protect the environment with reduce pollution.   In your current role as Assessor-Recorder of San Francisco, I like on how you continue to be a strong supporter of Civil Rights and helping Asian American communities.  Another thing that I like about your role as Assessor-Recorder is how you work on redesigning the website to help educate citizens of San Francisco about financial including understand about taxes, upgrading technology to help make businesses including constituents file their payment or find forms for them to fill out, and providing multi-language systems to help people who can’t speak English find a suitable language that they can understand.  When California made same-sex marriage into law in 2013, I was amazed on how you expanded your office to issue same-sex marriage license for same-sex couples and continue to advocate for same-sex marriage rights.

Assessor Recorder Chu, I have Autism with a learning disability. Having autism is hard for me because I have trouble comprehending on learning different subjects, sometimes I struggle to communicate my thoughts, and get teased.  Your commitment to support Civil Rights including support people with disabilities’ rights really inspire me to work hard on my disability. Also being an Asian American with a disability is difficult for me because some Asian Americans including some Asian tease me or push me away from social groups because I have a disability and they believe that I don’t  meet their standards. However, your role as an Asian American on helping Asian American communities, supporting Asian Americans with disabilities, and emphasizing on Asian American including Asian culture motivates me to continue to be proud to be an Asian American with a disability.  Your role as Member of the San Francisco Board of Supervisor from District 4 and current role as Assessor-Recorder of San Francisco really inspire me to continue my interest in history with public policy including an interest in Asian American culture.  My future goal is to someday work in public policy to help create common sense ideas to reform society and to visit some Asian American museums including their cities in California.

Assessor Recorder Chu, I strongly believe that you accomplish on making a great difference for society.  I’m proud of how you work hard to make Civil Rights stronger,  protect the environment, promote diversity, and help Asian American communities a better place.  You have inspired me to work hard on my disability, be proud to be an Asian American with a disability, and continue to be interested in history with public policy including Asian American or Asian culture.  You are a true inspiration and a great role model for me.   Thanks for taking the time to read my letter, making great achievements, and inspiring me.  I wish you well to continue to make a great impact for society including Asian American communities.

Sincerely,

Matt Winick