Comments on: How Can Downtown Oklahoma City Help Main Street Cherokee?

By: Mike

Mike — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 21:51:35 +0000

We will be putting something together next week and will post ASAP!

By: Steve

Steve — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 21:27:44 +0000

Mike, I’ll post both for ya.

By: Mike

Mike — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 20:59:32 +0000

Just to add a little more information to Mrs. Koontz’s message. The property in the 200 block of south Grand has been condemned but as she mentioned there is no funds to clean it up so nothing was done. I’ll see about posting some video or pictures.

By: slackmeyer

slackmeyer — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 04:40:27 +0000

Question to those of you who have written in from Cherokee: have you considered writing letters to the editor of the San Antonio Express News, Cotter’s hometown paper? Or have you thought about sending video and photos to San Antonio news stations? I wonder if letting his hometown know about your plight might make an impression?

By: Susie Koontz

Susie Koontz — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 19:09:12 +0000

In reply to Jason, Mr. Cotter acquired the properties as part of a deal that included a nursing home and a motel. The other two properties he was able to sell. The two on Grand Avenue were apparantly too much trouble to deal with. They have been ignored.In reply to Brian, condemning and taking over property sounds easier than it is. Our municipal code doesn’t really address this issue. And of course, any legal action takes money. Cherokee is as broke as any other small rural town. Taking on Cotter legally is not something we can really afford to do.

By: Jason

Jason — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 18:48:19 +0000

How did this big-time Texas real estate mogul end up with property in downtown Cherokee??

By: Jess

Jess — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 05:13:30 +0000

I really don’t understand why anyone would hang on to unused buildings in a small town… When you have multi-million dollar towers and retail shopping centers, why even bother? There isn’t any money being made… strange.

By: Brian

Brian — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 21:16:11 +0000

As for the buildings in a state of disrepair in Cherokee, why couldn’t the city condemn them and drive Cotter out?

By: Steven

Steven — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 18:38:09 +0000

Actually I did know the name Cotter Ranch Tower. Let’s not forget Mr. Cotter blocked the nice grand entrance to the Undergound from being built on his property, on the plaza/sidewalk directly across from the Skirvin. That would have been a nice showpiece.

By: Tom

Tom — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 16:45:33 +0000

The local website is http://www.cherokeeoklahoma.com for Main Street.