To the editor: Two letter writers suggest that the 2028 Olympics should be moved because of the stress of rebuilding after final month’s fires and the lack of world standing because of the unfolding coup try in Washington.
However three years is a very long time. The devastation in Altadena and Pacific Palisades, whereas grievous within the excessive for these communities, represents solely a minuscule fraction of the housing inventory within the higher L.A. space.
Three years ought to permit for a good portion of the rebuilding particularly if we apply methods to clean the method. Delaying the expansion of the Los Angeles Convention Center is one such transfer, and I’m certain we are able to discover others.
So far as our nation’s standing on the planet is anxious, the courts and the midterm elections can and should proper our ship. However the voters should ignore the “actuality TV” lies we’re at the moment being fed and suppose critically. Keep in mind, President Trump is just not a profitable businessman — he solely performed one on TV.
John Sherwood, Topanga
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To the editor: Los Angeles should host the 2028 Olympics. If the athletes have to face on cardboard bins to obtain their medals due to funds constraints, let it occur.
The Olympic spirit encompasses many elements of life, such because the fraternity of countries competing peacefully not only for the medals, however to push ourselves to realize that which is in us, and to search out these issues we didn’t know we possess. By means of this competitors, we attain new heights.
To surrender as a result of it’s exhausting units a horrible instance for individuals who have misplaced and suffered tremendously from the current fires. For all on this sprawling metropolis who wrestle each day to run their very own private race in life, the Video games should go on.
Matthew Hetz, Los Angeles
