From an interview with Jim Puckett, the mayor of Fitzgerald, Georgia, that was conducted in November by the CBC Radio correspondent Carol Off. Puckett lost his 2021 bid for reelection after spending almost $300,000 to build a sixty-four-foot-tall topiary chicken.

carol off: Mayor Puckett, the voters have spoken. Do you have any regrets about your giant chicken?

jim puckett: No ma’am, none whatsoever. My giant chicken has done exactly what I wanted it to do.

off: You spent $300,000 and you just got defeated. Why is it a…