Phil Riddle editor@weatherforddemocrat.com While the bulk of the Nov. 3 Election Day ballot consists of statewide constitutional amendments, a proposition for the creation of Parker County Emergency Services District No.

It was getting close to 8 p.m. Saturday night and the highway guys were ready. They had barriers, barrels, cops, signs and flashing lights poised and ready to go.

Patience may be a virtue, but city leaders will have to excuse the public's lack of it over the next few months.

Galen Scott gscott@weatherforddemocrat.com A bill designed to give emergency services districts across Texas more tax authority is working its way through the Legislature without support from Weatherford's representative, Phil King.