Honorable Lowell P. Weicker Jr. from Connecticut

2/21/2017

Honorable Lowell P. Weicker  Jr.

PO BOX 877

OLD LYME, CT 06371

Dear Honorable Weicker,

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 advance on Civil Rights to reduce discrimination, protect the environment from pollution, and many others.  Honorable Weicker, I’m writing you a letter is because I find your work as U.S. Senator from Connecticut and as 85^th Governor of Connecticut to be very inspiring to me.

When you served as U.S. Senator from Connecticut in 1971-1989, I was very proud on how you were a moderate Republican on different issues when your own party would get too extreme.  I liked 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 was very proud on how you advocated for people with disabilities’ rights, expressed the need for equal rights amendment to protect women from being discriminated based on gender, and supported funds to help women including minorities businesses to help them compete in the economy.   On the environment, I was very proud on how you pushed for funds for superfunds to help clean up toxic chemicals in rivers with water resources including national parks and supported renewable energy projects to help reduce oil with gas.  Another thing that I liked about your work in the U.S. Senate was on how you worked with President Gerald Ford and President Jimmy Carter to find ways to make Civil Rights stronger, being bipartisanship with Democratic Ted Kennedy from Massachusetts on finding ways to protect the environment along with improving Civil Rights legislation, and having the courage to lead to stop a constitutional amendment which would have allowed for prayer in public schools by President Reagan. When you served as Governor of Connecticut in 1991-1995, I was proud on how you made a courage that was unpopular decision that was to create a state income tax to help improve the economy and to get the state from financial trouble. As Governor of Connecticut, I really liked your approach on education like expand funds for special education programs to help students with disabilities get educational resources they need to help them learn, push for laws to combat against bullying in schools to make them a safe environment for people to learn with social activities, and expand on environmental science education to help teach people about the need to protect the environment.  Another thing that I liked about your role as Governor of Connecticut was how you continue to be a strong supporter of expanding Civil Rights, advocate for people with disabilities’ rights, and support protecting the environment. After you left your role in politics, I liked on how you continue to share your story about what it was like being a moderate Republican in tough political obstacles, advocate for Civil Rights with people with disabilities’ rights, express the need to protect the environment from pollution, and cross party lines to endorse Democratic Barrack Obama when he ran for President for 2008 Presidential election because I liked on how you agreed with him on the need to make Civil Rights stronger along with protect the environment.

Honorable Weicker, 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 be a strong supporter of Civil Rights and be a true advocate for people with disabilities’ rights really inspires me to work hard on my disability. I wanted to say congratulations on receiving the JFK Profiles in Courage award for making a decision that was unpopular in order to help your state with financial troubles and you deserve it because you have great judgment when times are hard for people including the economy.  On the internet, I enjoy watching youtube videos of interview featuring you on explaining your experience in the U.S. Senate including the role as Governor and read articles explaining the need for the GOP to be moderates instead of being too extreme including the need for Civil Rights to be stronger, better environmental protection, and many others.  Your role as U.S. Senator from Connecticut and as Governor of Connecticut motivates me to continue my interest in learning history with public policy.  My future goal is to continue to learn history, learn how people in different areas can make a great impact on society, watch documentaries to help expand my understanding of a topic, and visit historical sites or museums to help engage me in learning.

I strongly believe that you really made a great difference for our country and I’m proud on how you had the courage to stand up to your own Republican Party when they got too extreme or use bigotry.  Also I’m very grateful on how you worked really hard to make Civil Rights stronger, advocate for people with disabilities’ rights, protect the environment, and many others.  Honorable Weicker, you have inspired me to work hard on my disability, continue to my interest in learning history, and read your articles to help me learn more about your work.  You are a true role model  for me and for this country with great principles.  Thanks for taking the time to read my letter, having the courage to have good principles when political parties aren’t advocates for them, and inspiring me.  I wish you well to continue to advocate for great ideas and here is a picture of me as a gift to you for inspiring me .

Sincerely,

Matthew B. Winick

Ms. Glenn Close

3/07/2017

Ms. Glenn Close

Sunset Boulevard (Until Jun 25 2017)

c/o Palace Theatre

1564 Broadway

between 7^th Avenue & W 47^th Street

New York, NY  10036

Dear Ms. Close,

My name is Matt Winick and I’m a fan of your acting.  My favorite movies that you played in are Disney Tarzan,  Disney 101 Dalmatians, Hamlet, Paradise Road, and The Paper. In Disney Tarzan, I enjoyed the plot about a young boy who is stranded in a jungle where his parents are killed and is later taken care by an Ape Kala, and Tarzan decided where he belongs.   I thought you did an excellent job voicing as Kala because I liked on how you made her have a great traits like not giving up on raising Tarzan when Kerchak or other Apes didn’t a agree with her or support her and giving Tarzan some advice about working hard on overcoming obstacles or understanding himself when other people would judge him.  Paradise Road was a very powerful movie due to it being based on historical about women who are in a prison camp by the Japanese during World War II where they work hard to survive their struggles of being tortured and having to due hard labor. Another tv show that I enjoyed watching that you played in was The Shield.  The Shield was an interesting show about the criminal justice having corrupt cops and law enforcement working hard to combat against corruption in the LAPD department.  In season 4, I liked on how you made Captain Monica Rawling a great character for the season because  I liked on how you made Captain Rawlings have interesting traits like wanting to reform the police department to reduce corruption including find ways to reduce discrimination policies for women.   

Besides your career in acting I really like on how you are an activist for women’s rights, people with disabilities’ rights, protecting the environment from pollution, and many others.  In your role as trustee of The Wildlife Conservation Society I really like on how you support the need to protect wildlife from being harmed by poachers and the need to combat against illegal sales of wild animals.  On the mental health issue, I’m amazed on how you created BringChange2Mind, a campaign to combat against discrimination for people with mental illness along with donate money to programs to help people with mental illness or people with disabilities get help through health care.   Ms. Close, 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  when people get judgmental or use prejudice on based on a disability, lose some friends due to them judging me or when some of their friends have some of the same view, and many others.  Your commitment to be an advocate for people with disabilities’ rights and be a strong supporter of Civil Rights really inspires me to work hard on my disability. Your activism motivates me to be interested in continuing learning history, learn the importance of protecting the environment, and the need to protect women’s rights.

Ms. Close, I think that you are a great actress and you do such an excellent job  making your characters have great traits. Also I’m very proud on how you are making a great difference for society through your activism. You have inspired me to work hard on my disability and to continue to learn different subjects. I was wondering if you could please share some advice about working hard on a disability. Here is a picture of me as a gift to you for inspiring me and $5 for you to donate to a charity to help people with disabilities.  Thanks for taking the time to read my letter, making film with movies great to watch,  making a difference for society, and inspiring me. I wish you well to continue to make a entertainment and society a better place.

Sincerely,

Matt Winick

Glenn Close handwritten letter to me.

Mayor Stephen K. Benjamin of Columbia, South Carolina

2/14/2017

Mayor Steve K. Benjamin

c/o Office of the Mayor

City of Columbia

P.O. Box 147

Columbia, SC  29217-0147

Dear Mayor Benjamin,

My name is Matt 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, protect the environment, and many others. Also I like to study on how different U.S. Mayors from cities in different states work hard to make a great difference and how they inspire me in different ways. The main reason I’m writing you a letter is to explain how I find your role as current Mayor of Columbia South Carolina to be very inspiring to me and how I enjoyed watching your DNC 2016 speech.

In your current role as Mayor of Columbia, South Carolina, I’m proud on how you are a strong supporter of Civil Rights. Also in Civil Rights, I like on how you advocate for people with disabilities’ rights, support fund to help women including minorities businesses to help them compete in the economy, express the need to have equal pay, and support LGBT rights. Your approach on improving the economy I liked on how you expand on job-training programs to help youth including workers to develop job-skills to help them prepare for the workforce, provide small businesses including local businesses some tax credit so they can be part of the community, and encourage businesses to hire women, minorities, and people with disabilities is common sense. On the environment, I am proud on how you support funding renewable energy projects to reduce addiction to oil with gas, provide funds to clean up parks including water resources to make them safe for people to use, push for energy efficient products in buildings to reduce high energy cost, implement Southern Fried Fuel initiative which is to recycle used cooking oil with use it for biofuel, and reduce pollution in landfills.  To improve public safety, I like on how expand trainings for law enforcement including fire fighters or rescue responders to make them be prepare to deal with an emergency, create a law enforcement reform study review to find ways to reduce law enforcement corruption, and have educational awareness to teach people including youth the need to reduce drug use or gun violence.   Funding special education to help students with disabilities get educational accommodations they need to learn, pushing for after school programs to help youth get assistance on their assignments, and fund arts programs to make learning diverse.  Another thing that I like about your role as Mayor is how you developed One Columbia for Arts and History, a non-profit organization to help find ways to make art programs be efficient for the community, work with city government including the community to improve tourism, and push for funds to preserve historical sites including museums to help make learning a better place.

Mayor Benjamin, 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 be a strong supporter of Civil Rights and be an advocate for people with disabilities’ rights really inspires me to work hard on my disability.  In July 2016, I enjoyed watching your speech at the DNC 2016 on tv because you did an excellent job explaining about why a women should be elected as president and  shared your daughter’s experience in meeting with Hilary Clinton.  Your role as 2^nd Vice President of U.S. Conference of Mayors on building coalition between different U.S. Mayors from cities in different states including from different political affiliation on finding ways to improve society motivates me to watch videos of  U.S. Conference of Mayors  where I learn on how different ideas can make an impact,  research different U.S. Mayors to help expand my knowledge with find some inspiration, and write to different Mayors explaining how I find their work including you to be inspiring to me by writing letters.  Another thing is you give me passion to continue to learn more history. My letter is a gift to you for inspiring me and for Black History Month to help recognize African Americans who work hard making a great difference.

I believe that you are making a great difference as Mayor of Columbia, South Carolina and as 2^nd Vice President of U.S. Conference of Mayors on different issues.  I’m very proud on how you are working hard to making society a better place and working with different U.S. Mayors to find solutions.  You have inspired me to work hard on my disability, continue my interest in learning history, and give me motivation to learn how different U.S. Mayors work on different policies in the U.S. Conference of Mayors.  Thanks for taking the time to read my letter, making a great impact, and inspiring me. I wish you well to continue to make a great positive impact.

Sincerely,

Matt Winick

1045 Olivia Avenue

Ann Arbor, MI  48104

Former Governor Roy E. Barnes from Georgia

1/10/2016

Governor Roy E. Barnes

c/o Barnes Law Group, LLC

31 Atlanta Street, SE

Marietta, GA  30060               

Dear Governor Barnes,

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 advance on Civil Rights to help protect people who are different from being discriminated, protect the environment from pollution, improve education reform, and many others.  Governor Barnes, the main reason I’m writing you a letter to explain how I find your work as 80^th Governor of Georgia to be very inspiring to me and explain how you inspire me to continue my interest in history.

When you served as 80^th Governor of Georgia from 1999-2003, I’m 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 supported funding women including minorities businesses to help them compete in the economy, express the need for an Equal Rights Amendment to help protect women from being discriminated based on gender even though the state legislatures weren’t advocates for it, support people with disabilities’ rights, and push for the need to reduce racial profiling in the criminal justice system.   On education, I was very proud on how you supported funding special education to help students with disabilities get help on getting educational accommodations they need, expanded early childhood education to help young children develop reading skills, and pushed for afterschool programs to help youth get tutoring on their assignments or be in recreational programs.   To protect the environment, I liked on how you pushed for renewable energy sources to help reduce addiction to oil with gas, provided funds to clean parks including water resources including the coast in Georgia to reduce pollution while protect people.  Pushing for job-training programs to help train youth including workers on develop job-skills to help prepare them for the work force is a great way to improve the economy while creating jobs. Another thing that I liked about your work as Governor of Georgia is how you had the courage to change the Georgia state flag which had the Confederate battle emblem to a new flag in order to improve relations between minorities communities with government including show a symbolism about the need to address about the need to reduce discrimination even though both political parties or people weren’t supportive of this decision.   Signing an executive order to banning all lobbyist gifts to employees who work in the state government including the executive branch, advocating for campaign finance reform to reduce money from lobbying groups or corporations from donating to a campaign, and expressing the need for disclosure laws to help the public know why is funding a campaign are great ways to improve ethics reform.  In 2003, I was very glad that  you were awarded the Profile in Courage Award by the JFK Library for your courage to reduce the Confederate battle emblem on the state flag.   When you left your role ad Governor, I’m very proud on how you continue to express the need to make Civil Rights stronger, advocate for people with disabilities’ rights, protect the environment from pollution, and many others.

Governor Barnes, I have Autism with a learning disability. Having it 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 be a strong supporter of Civil Rights and be an advocate for people with disabilities’ rights really inspires me to work hard on my disability.   Recently. I saw a documentary called In Debt We Trust documentary about the debt crisis, how credit card companies along with financial institutions commit fraud on the middle class including students, how Congress caused the crisis by deregulating the financial market, and many others.  In Debt We Trust, I thought you did an excellent job speaking on describing the need for ethics reform to reduce lobbyist from corrupting both political parties and the need for financial reform to protect the middle class including students from unfair practices caused by credit card companies along with financial institutions and I enjoyed watching your appearance including the documentary.  Both of these things inspires me to have an interest in learning the need for financial reform to reduce unfair practice that financial institutions cause and watch different documentaries about the financial crisis. Another thing is your work as Governor of Georgia motivates me to continue my interest in learning history including public policy.  My future goal is to someday work in history or public policy to help create common sense ideas to make society better.

I strongly believe that you made a great difference as Governor of Georgia. I’m proud on how you worked hard to make a great difference and even have the courage to replace the Confederate flag on the state flag.  You have inspired me to work hard on my disability, continue my interest in learning history with public policy, and watch In Debt We Trust. Thanks for taking the time to read my letter, making a great difference, and inspiring me.   I wish you well to continue to make a great impact on society with common sense ideas.

Sincerely,

Matthew B. Winick