As David K pointed over and over again, Lost Dog will cost you money and it really benefits a few "gabachos".
So why did so many people downstream, literally, vote for this?
Because they said, "Phuck it."
As one person told me after all that was spent on the ballpark and knocking down a perfectly good building, and what was spent on a trolley that carries no one, well, why not spend money preserving land?
"Well, if Woody Hunt got his ballpark, and Houghton got his trolley, well, Bonart is gonna get his park."
It is hard to convince folks, "Hey, guys this is not financially prudent" after everything else that is spent.
This reminds me of how married couples fight over money - "Well, you spent on this, so I am gonna spend on that!"
And those kind of fights either end up in the best case scenario, divorce, or worst case scenario, a long-term resentful dead marriage.
And divorce ain't an option for El Paso.