Tombigbee Tales

Keep the 2% Tax Out of Carpenter's Grubby Mitts

Carpenter's got her money to finish the work at the Tennessee Williams home, and now she needs to fund her lavish spending habits. How will she do that? Write grants? Kick off a Capital Campaign? Nope, she will always go for low hanging fruit...she will see the 2% tax as hers to take a sizable cut out of and use at her leisure...Mark my words that she has it in her cross hairs. Who has the guts to stand up to her and say "Enough is Enough!"? 

More Small Town Corruption: Misuse of Public Funds by Former CVB Director Nancy Luke Carpenter

Nancy Carpenter went to the MDAH Grant Training in Jackson on Foundation business with Foundation President Brenda Willis and CVB Board Member Rissa Lawrence and charged the hotel to the CVB credit card without the CVB Board's approval or knowledge. 

Small Town Corruption: Nancy Carpenter's Messes

Did Carpenter lie to the city council about getting $100,000 from the Heritage Hills Alliance? If so, what else has she lied about? And about those CVB credit card statements, Ms. Carpenter...

Leave Her to Heaven - Sarah Ames Patty and Ben Ames Williams

Is the femme fatale in Ben Ames Williams' Leave Her to Heaven inspired loosely by his first cousin Sarah Ames Patty of Macon, Mississippi?

Nancy Luke Carpenter Lied to the City Council and MDAH At Budget Meeting

Carpenter told the City Council she still needs $54, 069.69 match share for the MDAH grant; however, when she sent in the grant she told the grant coordinator Divvya Pai that she had the grant match. Prior to beginning work in late April of 2024 Carpenter submitted a bank statement showing the matching share in the Foundation's bank account. 
Oh the tangled webs she weaves when at the City Council meeting she deceives. 

Rot - Nancy Luke Carpenter and her Continued Neglect of the Tennessee Williams Building

Carpenter has absolutely lied about the issues at the Tennessee Williams her neglect has caused. I recently did a public records request of the MDAH grants to the building and the problems the structural engineers have uncovered...that Carpenter has failed to reveal to the City as she asks for a matching grant to put lipstick on her pig. 

Nancy Luke Carpenter Annual Car Wash and Bake Sale to Fund the Columbus Cultural Heritage Foundation

It’s that time of year again, folks! It is time for the annual Columbus Cultural Foundation to demand funding from the Columbus Convention and Visitor’s Bureau. Yes, here they are again, a 501C3 holding their hand out again for 100K+ to solely fund their foundation again…with zero oversight and zero transparency of where last year’s 100K went. Yes, fellow citizens of Columbus, your tax dollars were distributed blindly to the Columbus boondoggle called the Columbus Cultural Heritage Foundation (CCHF) that CLOSED the Columbus Welcome Center doors with no notice to the public and more importantly with absolutely NO notice to the Visitor’s Bureau that funds their operation.

The Bumbling Bamboozler - A History of Incompetence

A report was formerly sent to the State Auditor's office on the malfeasance and incompetence of former CVB Director Nancy Luke Carpenter.  The content validates much of Tombigbee Tales' research. This should make every Lowndes County resident get angry and call the CVB and demand they NOT fund the Columbus Cultural Heritage Foundation. 

The Amzi Love Home in Columbus, MS

The Amzi Love Home in Columbus, MS was built by Amzi Love as a gift to his bride Edith Wallace. It has remained in the family for over 5 generations. It is open for tours by appointment. 

The Ghosts in the Cicero Lincoln Home in Columbus, MS

The Lincoln Home is one of the earlier homes built in Columbus. It is a raised cottage style Gothic/Greek Revival Home. It also is haunted by at least four different former residents.