PARISH â Water district number one, nine years in the making, was rejected March 1 by residents here two-to-one, a stunning reversal of an overwhelming vote in its favor by that same margin over two years ago. The town board overturned that 2018 vote, and the town and village were left with hit-or-miss well water, often perfectly fine on one side of the road and totally undrinkable and brown on the other. Of 188 people who voted in person, along with nine absentees who voted by mail, 66 voted yes while 131 voted no. âThe people have spoken,â Town Supervisor Mary Ann Phillips said after the vote. âApparently they donât want it. This town is not going to grow without water. I just feel bad, because I know thereâs people that need it, and unfortunately, two to one said no.â