By Mark Blackney President/CEO When I saw the headlines that the federal government had made $100B in overpayments in 2013, I sighed, folded the paper and went about my business, just as I have done in past years over similar headlines. But this year I couldn’t shake the sense of despair that eventually turned to […]

By Fran Blackney Communications Director You know how some people just keep doing the same thing over and over. Well, that applies to the city of Clovis. They just can’t help themselves to do the RIGHT thing, over and over. They are fiscally sound, have contented employees, top notch public safety, an effective economic development […]

By Mark Blackney President/CEO The past few months seemed to have been filled with lots of negative news. Every day it felt like we got body slammed with something new, mostly out of Washington. The IRS scandal continued to percolate then the administration finally released some damning, though heavily redacted, e-mails about Benghazi that once […]