Auto erotica.The owner of two car rental agencies in West Hollywood West Hollywood A community of southern California northeast of Beverly Hills. It is mainly residential. Population: 36,600. , Calif., is in the middle of a messy lawsuit with Budget Rent a Car after a dispute over racy rac·y adj. rac·i·er, rac·i·est 1. Having a distinctive and characteristic quality or taste. 2. Strong and sharp in flavor or odor; piquant or pungent. 3. Risqué; ribald. 4. ads the owner placed in local gay publications. Although Budget Rent a Car of Southern California Southern California, also colloquially known as SoCal, is the southern portion of the U.S. state of California. Centered on the cities of Los Angeles and San Diego, Southern California is home to nearly 24 million people and is the nation's second most populated region, kicked owner Tony Phelps out of the franchise for what officials said were ongoing business disagreements unrelated to the ads, Phelps said the franchise's efforts to censor censor (sĕn`sər), title of two magistrates of ancient Rome (from c.443 B.C. to the time of Domitian). They took the census (by which they assessed taxation, voting, and military service) and supervised public behavior. his ads--which featured nearly naked men--would have forced him to leave on his own. "It was a moral issue for me," said the openly gay Phelps, who now runs his stores under the name the Luxury Edition. Jeff Mirkin, president of the franchise, said he didn't have a problem with Phelps's ads running in gay publications--only that they were so sexually explicit. "There was a nude man by the front of a car," Mirkin said. "You couldn't see his genitals gen·i·tals pl.n. Genitalia. because of the front headlight. Budget Corporation values our mark. I've never seen them advertise naked people." |
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