The Clovis City Council is poised to approve adding the “In God We Trust” national motto to its boardroom, but not before council members decide on what else may be permitted for public display in the future.
Amid months of debate over whether to display the national motto in the council chamber, Clovis City Councilmember Lynne Ashbeck proposed that the city establish policies and guardrails, first.
“Because what started out as ‘In God We Trust’ through with great love, turned into the Declaration of Independence, the US Constitution, or let’s reupholster the Ten Commandments, it could go on and on,” Ashbeck said at a recent council meeting. “I feel like if we don’t have guardrails about what we’re trying to do here, that we are not going to have any way to manage this going forward, and there’s not going to be any history up here to be able to pass along.”…