Tammy Kennedy, a self-described healer who opened Nerve Signal Interference Removal Technologies School of Alternative Healing in May 2002, accused Ward 5 Commissioner John Hodgden of a conflict of interest, based on comments he made in a story in the Monday edition of the News & Eagle.

In the article, Hodgden, who also is an attorney, commented on a show Kennedy had on PEGASYS, Enid's public access television station. The show was suspended for 90 days by the PEGASYS board for "commercial content."

"This is a lady illegally operating as a chiropractor," Hodgden said in the Monday article. "When do you draw the line? I don't think it's proper for someone having a show if they perform an illegal act."

Kennedy, speaking during the public discussion segment of Tuesday's commission meeting, asked why Hodgden made those comments as a city commissioner and "using that kind of weight."

Hodgden told Kennedy his statements did not represent a conflict of interest.

Kennedy vowed to go "door-to-door" in Ward 5 and circulate a petition to remove Hodgden from office.

Kennedy was stopped from further comment by Mayor Irv Honigsberg, who told her she was not discussing city commission business.

Dr. Thomas Smith, an Enid chiropractor, also spoke during Tuesday's meeting, complaining about Kennedy's violation of PEGASYS rules but still being allowed to appear on television.

He also started to discuss the newspaper article, saying it is against the law in Oklahoma to manipulate the spine without being a chiropractor. He also was cut off by Honigsberg.

During the business portion of the meeting, commissioners denied a request by Oakwood Mall officials to either lift the Airfield Environ Overlay District zoning restrictions on a portion of mall property or change the restrictions to loosen them.

The zoning restrictions are based on a crash study by Vance Air Force Base on the type of aircraft the base will fly in the future. The restrictions limit the number of people who can occupy the area within the AED to a density of no more than 50 people per acre.

The purpose is to limit the number of people who would be at risk in the event of an aircraft crash.

The ordinance affects 660 feet on the northeast side of Oakwood Mall. Part of that area already contains a business that was grandfathered in when the AED ordinance was passed.

Michael Bigheart, attorney for the mall, said the ordinance eliminated a number of commercial choices for mall owners. He asked the commission to lift it and allow the mall to proceed with business.

Commissioner John Sellers told Bigheart the ordinance was based on an Air Force study and could not be undone without some scientific evidence. None has been provided, he said.

"We're not attacking the ordinance," Bigheart said. "The ordinance affects the value of the mall, and you can't take property or value away from someone without compensating them."

Last year, commissioners denied a rezoning request for an ALDI specialty grocery store to locate in the disputed area at the mall, and mall officials filed a lawsuit. The lawsuit later was dismissed, and ALDI purchased property on Mill Run and Garriott.

Also, Tuesday commissioners:

Annexed farmland near the end of the Vance runway. The property is part of Hodgden Farms, of which commissioner Hodgden is part owner.

Approved an ordinance requiring bicycle helmets be worn at outdoor skate parks and bicycle motocross tracks.