To the editor: I’ve lengthy thought that, whereas initially a visionary and thrilling thought, Los Angeles is not, and can’t be, prepared and capable of host the 2028 Olympics (“L.A. by no means wanted the Olympics. With Trump wanting in, it’s time to tug out,” Aug. 7). There are too many obstacles to be navigated and given this nice metropolis’s monumental challenges — primarily monetary and people regarding transportation and our unhoused neighbors — it’s time to withdraw and concentrate on the problems essential for stability, sustainability and progress.
I used to be virtually able to squelch my pessimism, after which President Trump created the White Home Activity Power for the 2028 Olympics. With this motion, clearly reflecting Trump’s loathing of Los Angeles and the chance he sees to meddle mercilessly, the one response by LA28 chair Casey Wasserman and his group ought to be a powerful no and withdrawal. They might be briefly embarrassed and criticized, however taking such a step would show power and function, and L.A. would emerge as a robust chief. To do the rest will likely be cowardly.
Terry Knowles, Pasadena
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To the editor: I agree with columnist Gustavo Arellano that L.A. ought to pull out of the 2028 Olympics. He made glorious factors however unnoticed one other necessary argument: The present administration has made worldwide vacationers really feel unwelcome and unsafe visiting the US. Worldwide tourism is already down considerably. How a lot worse will it’s three years from now? If the remainder of the world stays dwelling and watches the Olympics on TV or on-line, there will likely be no profit for Los Angeles, solely massive prices.
Daybreak Greene, Sunland
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To the editor: I discover the decision to bail out of the 2028 Olympics past the pale. As a volunteer who greeted Olympic arrivals at Los Angeles Worldwide Airport in 1984, I have a look at the final Olympics hosted by L.A. as one of many high 5 occasions of my life and may’t look forward to it to return again once more.
Within the succesful fingers of Mayor Karen Bass, I harbor little doubt that the occasion will happen as deliberate from earlier than begin to after end.
Mathilde Diaz, Lengthy Island Metropolis, N.Y.
