August 9th, 2002
Newspaper cutting, Metro North

The mayor really got my goat...

SHARING a beer with a dignitary is an honour for most people.
And, like many politicians, mayor Clay Henry III is not the type to refuse an ice cold lager. But unlike his peers, Clay Henry is a goat. So when Jim Bob Hargrove, enjoying a few beers near the mayor's office was made to give the mascot a bottle he saw red - and returned the next day to castrate the animal.
Conclusive proof was found in Hargrove's fridge - in the shape of one of Clay Henry's testicles.
Citizens of Lajitas, in West Texas, were outraged and Hargrove was arrested. Sheriff Ronny Dodson said: 'It's a serious Business to anybody. Clay Henry is one of the icons in our community.' He was elected to the cermonial post two years ago, beating a statue of a Native American and a dog called Clyde.