Stuck on Fashion.The Fashion District is hoping to get out of a sticky situation. With the help of Recovrx -- an Agoura Hills-based company that uses the "Gum-busters" system to clean up the sticky substance -- the Fashion District Business Improvement District hopes to finally rid the area's sidewalks of a persistent nemesis Nemesis (nĕm`ĭsĭs), in Greek religion and mythology, personification of the gods' retribution for violation of sacred law; the avenger. Sometimes she was said to be the goddess of good and ill fortune. , gum spots. It's part of an improvement plan that includes removing graffiti graffiti Form of visual communication, usually illegal, involving the unauthorized marking of public space by an individual or group. Technically the term applies to designs scratched through a layer of paint or plaster, but its meaning has been extended to other markings. and weed abatement A reduction, a decrease, or a diminution. The suspension or cessation, in whole or in part, of a continuing charge, such as rent. With respect to estates, an abatement is a proportional diminution or reduction of the monetary legacies, a disposition of property by will, when . "It's an ongoing thing," said Joseph Germain, operations director for the Fashion District. "We've been trying to get gum up before this hut we haven't had much success." The problem is that some of the gum has been around for years. "We've got gum here that I think Elvis left us," Germain said. "We've been chewing chewing or mastication Up-and-down and side-to-side movements of the lower jaw, using the teeth to grind food for easier swallowing. During chewing, the tongue shapes food into a lump and saliva lubricates it for swallowing. on the situation for four years." |
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