No Need to Encourage Fountain Swimming

What were you thinking when you published a photo of a woman swimming in the Mulholland Memorial Fountain at Los Feliz Boulevard and Riverside Drive (“Cooling-Off Period,” April 7)? Having lived next to the fountain for five years, and having seen the pea soup-green water every Monday morning after a weekend of “public swimming,” I can tell you that this behavior does not need to be publicized.

Signs prohibiting swimming are posted on the wall of the fountain in English and Spanish. What’s further galling is that there’s a public swimming pool right across the street. I think you’ve really done a disservice by publishing this photo.

Paul David Liehr

Los Angeles