To the editor: Columnist Steve Lopez asks if L.A. might be prepared for its close-up (“Three years away from the Olympics, L.A. is tripping over hurdles and attempting to play catchup,” June 7). With the World Cup in a single 12 months and the Olympics in 2028, I don’t assume so.
A extra urgent query: Is the world prepared for the USA to host something? Does anybody assume the international locations that take part within the World Cup will present up? Will followers? We’ve already banned folks from one collaborating nation, Iran, from touring right here and are within the means of denying visas and arresting hundreds. Followers of the World Cup won’t present up simply to be herded via turnstiles into the arms of Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
Quick ahead to the Olympics. Right now’s protests won’t cease. How does this metropolis prepare for the Olympics? For vacationers? I’m deeply ashamed of what’s going on on this nation and totally anticipate the remainder of the world to boycott us the way in which 65 nations boycotted the Russian Summer time Olympics in 1980 after Russia invaded Afghanistan.
Susan Polifronio, Los Angeles
