Calgary will be taking home the Little Piggie trophy this year for a LED display dubbed the Poop Palace.

The Canadian Taxpayers’ Federation has awarded the city with its top municipal Teddy award for wasting money.

CTF Federal Director Aaron Wudrick says spending $246,000 on the lights at the Forest Lawn lift station was a bit much.

“The idea of spending this kind of money on these sorts of projects seems wasteful. It’s also a little bit odd I think for average people, I think, that you would have public art celebrating something about processing sewage,” he said.

He says many are puzzled by it, especially with the economic situation, currently facing Alberta.

Wudrick thinks schools, hospitals, and roads should be taking precedence.

“It’s a question of how much public spending do we put towards these things, right? I mean, all public spending has to be prioritized. Art is great, a lot of people love art. The question is should all taxpayers be bankrolling art to this level of spending?”

The Alberta School Boards Association also got a nomination for $41,000 in what the CTF considers frivolous spending — including $900 shelled out for an adult Easter egg hunt.

It’s not Calgary’s first time on the list, last year; the city got a dishonourable mention for an art project in the northeast that singed a visitor’s jacket.

The $559,000 sculpture called The Wishing Well, located outside the Genesis Centre, was made of a highly reflective material, creating some intense temperatures nearby.