The ballot boxes are just beginning to cool down after Tuesday’s election, but some people are already feeling a wave of sadness from the results, particularly when it comes to the passage of Propositions A and B.

The two Bexar County measures together clear the way for the building of a new downtown arena for the San Antonio Spurs and allow the San Antonio Stock Show & Rodeo to take up year-round residence on the grounds where the team’s current home exists.

The arena will be paid for through a combination of private funds and a 2% increase on hotel and rental car taxes.

>> Spurs’ Peter J Holt: ‘We are going to deliver something special’ after downtown arena approval

“With them leaving the neighborhood, you know, it’s sad,” said Elizabeth Shropshire, whose home sits in the shadow of t

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