To the editor: Columnist Steve Lopez asks if L.A. can be prepared for its close-up (“Three years away from the Olympics, L.A. is tripping over hurdles and making an attempt to play catchup,” June 7). With the World Cup in a single yr and the Olympics in 2028, I don’t suppose so.
A extra urgent query: Is the world prepared for the US to host something? Does anybody suppose 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 technique of denying visas and arresting hundreds. Followers of the World Cup is not going to present up simply to be herded via turnstiles into the arms of Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
Quick ahead to the Olympics. At present’s protests is not going to cease. How does this metropolis prepare for the Olympics? For vacationers? I’m deeply ashamed of what’s going on on this nation and absolutely count on the remainder of the world to boycott us the way in which 65 nations boycotted the Russian Summer season Olympics in 1980 after Russia invaded Afghanistan.
Susan Polifronio, Los Angeles
