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Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
On this date ...
1979: The Clovis News-Journal's editorial board had declared a proposed civic center a "Nightmare for Clovis Taxpayers" in a headline.
"No, a civic center isn't a bad idea. But financing one through a tax increase is," the opinion piece declared.
"... (A) civic center under bureaucratic management would be a sure money-loser, saddling taxpayers with operating deficits for years to come."
Voters rejected the proposal by 318 votes - 1,760-1,388.
City Commissioners ultimately approved a gross receipts tax to fund a Civic Center, which opened in 2006.
"Being able to communicate the need for the facility to the public," was the most difficult part of getting the project started, Clovis Mayor David Lansford said.
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