Wood County Voters Say 'NO' to Groundwater District

On Saturday, February 1st citizens in Wood Country exercised their right to choose by going to the polls to vote on the proposal to form a groundwater conservation district in the county. Here are the results of that election:

Total votes cast 5,505(includes early votes)

Proposition #1: Creation of the Lake Country Groundwater Conservation District.
For - 689 Against - 4789

Proposition #2: Levy of tax of up to 3 cents per $100.00
For - 689 Against - 4617

For the Director's positions the votes were as follows:

Director Pct.#1: Tommy Brady - 855 W. Benton Bryant - 201.

Director Pct.#2: James Carter - 162 Doyle Cain - 546.

Director Pct.#3: Glenn Morton - 516 Frances Delk - 701.

Director Pct.#4: Louis Pyle - 176 Dr. Wayne Gore - 926.

Director at large: A.D. Kleinman - 1041 Juan D. Nichols - 2962.