With a deadline looming to get construction started on the planned Vista Park housing project here, the developer on Tuesday asked members of the Lamesa City Council to give him some more time. He even got more than he asked for. Instead of granting Ron Smith an extra year on his development agreement with the city, council members voted 5-1 to give him another year and a half. “In the long run I think its a win-win,” said council member and Mayor Pro Tem Fred Vera, who presided at Tuesday’s meeting in the absence of Mayor Josh Stevens. Council member Bobby Gonzales said he ...