The local government is a disaster and its population will argue to the death it isn't
Just ignore the missing money and the legally questionable use of eminent domain and about 200 other things.
That being said, I'm glad I don't live in town.
People/YT channels like whistlingdiesel and debossgarage, destroy stuff for no reason other than views. Doesn't matter old, new, wore out, or restored, rare or common.