Parked trailers continue to be an issue at local feed store
Caleb Soptelean
The trailers in front of Norman’s Kennel Supply are an issue once again.
Councilman Scott Gibson says he has been concerned about the longtime business not honoring a commitment to remove some of their unsightly trailers after he went to bat for the business in a recent council meeting.
Gibson parked his car in front of the business briefly on Saturday morning during Western Days.
Gibson said he had a “short conversation” with business co-owner Karyl Hightower that lasted no more than a minute.
“I barely got out of my car,” he said, noting he was 30 feet from the building.
“I parked there to make a point to talk to her about it,” he said. “I was dramatic and emphatic about it.”
Gibson said Hightower was outside the business talking to him before he got out of his car. “I barely got out of my car” and only got 10 feet from the car, he said.
Gibson accused Hightower of “being very liberal with the truth” about what happened.
He alleges she not only has not removed two trailers from the front of the business, but has added one.
When questioned about this, Hightower said Gibson may be referring to a delivery trailer, which is periodically used to make deliveries.
Norman Hightower, Karyl’s husband, accused Gibson of harassment and said it “is gonna cease.”
Mr. Hightower said he wasn’t at the business when the incident happened, but said he Gibson confronted him a week after the council last considered an ordinance that would require the Hightowers to remove all of their trailers. Council nixed this idea, and asked the business to work with them to make the property look neater.
Mrs. Hightower said she planned to remove two of the four trailers in front of the business last weekend. In addition to the two in front of the business, there are two on the side. Mrs. Hightower also said she would have one of the trailers painted.
“We agreed to move them,” Mrs. Hightower said. “They didn’t ask for a time frame.”
She said they do not own a semi-truck and have been waiting for a friend to help them move the trailers.
Gibson said some of the trailers could be pulled out by a pickup with a fifth-wheel attachment.
“Every feed store in Oklahoma City uses trailers for their flammable stuff,” Norman Hightower said of the trailers, which are used to store hay. “I can show you 15 of ‘em. One in The Village has six trailers sitting in front of her business.”
Caleb Soptelean
The trailers in front of Norman’s Kennel Supply are an issue once again.
Councilman Scott Gibson says he has been concerned about the longtime business not honoring a commitment to remove some of their unsightly trailers after he went to bat for the business in a recent council meeting.
Gibson parked his car in front of the business briefly on Saturday morning during Western Days.
Gibson said he had a “short conversation” with business co-owner Karyl Hightower that lasted no more than a minute.
“I barely got out of my car,” he said, noting he was 30 feet from the building.
“I parked there to make a point to talk to her about it,” he said. “I was dramatic and emphatic about it.”
Gibson said Hightower was outside the business talking to him before he got out of his car. “I barely got out of my car” and only got 10 feet from the car, he said.
Gibson accused Hightower of “being very liberal with the truth” about what happened.
He alleges she not only has not removed two trailers from the front of the business, but has added one.
When questioned about this, Hightower said Gibson may be referring to a delivery trailer, which is periodically used to make deliveries.
Norman Hightower, Karyl’s husband, accused Gibson of harassment and said it “is gonna cease.”
Mr. Hightower said he wasn’t at the business when the incident happened, but said he Gibson confronted him a week after the council last considered an ordinance that would require the Hightowers to remove all of their trailers. Council nixed this idea, and asked the business to work with them to make the property look neater.
Mrs. Hightower said she planned to remove two of the four trailers in front of the business last weekend. In addition to the two in front of the business, there are two on the side. Mrs. Hightower also said she would have one of the trailers painted.
“We agreed to move them,” Mrs. Hightower said. “They didn’t ask for a time frame.”
She said they do not own a semi-truck and have been waiting for a friend to help them move the trailers.
Gibson said some of the trailers could be pulled out by a pickup with a fifth-wheel attachment.
“Every feed store in Oklahoma City uses trailers for their flammable stuff,” Norman Hightower said of the trailers, which are used to store hay. “I can show you 15 of ‘em. One in The Village has six trailers sitting in front of her business.”
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