1.   Ms. Messinger has been a critic of the tax abatement program in the past.

2.   Then they proved that they were not empty words when they contacted Hatten, who works in the graffiti abatement program.

3.   Ventura Mayor Jack Tingstrom credited a change in the weather, a city weed abatement program and firefighting efforts for stopping the fire from ravaging any homes.

4.   Masood Shaikh works in its lead abatement program.

5.   Proceeds from the purchase of those credits will go toward pollution abatement programs, he said.