Tombigbee Tales

Columbus, Gambling, and the Old Dixie Mafia

The Dixie Mafia, also known as the Dixie Mob, is a criminal organization active in the Southern United States since at least the 1960s. Their name is synonymous with illegal bootlegging, gambling, contract killings, safe cracking, and murder. They first emerged in the American South in the 1960s but grew out of a long and storied history of organized crime in the South. Any loyalty or oath did not unite members and were loosely connected by a willingness to commit any crime, from extortion to murder, if there was money to be made.Join me as we begin to untwist the historically messy underbelly of Columbus. 

Heritage Academy Ep 21 The Chosen Ones

First Methodist's Vaughn Stafford and company know exactly what they're doing. The Heritage and Board administration allows them free reign over the children at the school every time they invite them on campus. It’s not just the Baptists at Heritage who should be worried.  

Heritage Academy Episode 20 Where Winning Doesn’t Seem to Matter…for Girls

Heritage Academy has spent significant money on having men’s and girls' athletic directors. The men’s athletic director stepped down and “retired” in October amid alleged allegations of theft. The girl’s athletic director, Moe Black is also the girl’s head basketball coach. Before this year, Black balanced a teaching schedule of economics and American Government with coaching like so many teacher coaches. Then Heritage created the new administrative position for her to manage all the girl’s sports and as a bonus coach girl’s basketball.
 
Post Production Note: Pogue did not lose every game. That was the current coach Tobias Smith Previously as head coach. Pogue lost district and left.

Heritage Academy Episode 19 The Hypocrisy of Be the Light

A distinction needs to be made between everyday Heritage Christians who are struggling in areas of maturity and consistency and Heritage Academy Christians who are outright mean-spirited hypocrites. 
Christianity isn’t about pretending to be good or even proclaiming to be better than others. Christianity is about doing the right thing when people are looking, especially when no one is looking. For a school that espouses basic Christian principles, I expect better from its coaches, faculty, staff, and administrators. So much for being the light in their community.

Heritage Academy Episode 18 – Bald Faced Lies From the Board of Trustees

If you have concerns you want voiced, reach out to me. I will protect your identity and we will find a way to make your voice heard on this podcast.
Whatever negative happens at Heritage from here on out, the board is just as culpable as the Head of School Sean Harrison. And the Tombigbee Tales will be watching closely because it is not IF something bad will happen due to their negligence…it is WHEN it will happen.

Heritage Academy Episode 17 – It Was a Very Merry Faculty Party

Where do I even start on this episode? If half of what I have learned is true about the culture of drinking among the administration at that school, then there is a much bigger problem than what I previously surmised. 
Is this the behavior of adults you want as role models for your child?

Episode 16 - Heritage Academy: Where It's Always Happy Hour

If parents and board members are truly concerned about the children, why do they continue ignoring bad behaviors and pretending that nothing has happened? If you truly care about the children, you will stand up and fully investigate the backgrounds of all your employees and their fitness for their duties. You will examine not only their suitability and qualifications for their positions but also their moral turpitude.

Heritage Academy: Episode 15 Where Some Children Have No Civil Rights

Do children have reasonable expectations of privacy in school? Legally? Yes and no. They have a reasonable expectation of privacy and to be free from intrusion into personal matters, even in a school setting.
Do children have a right to privacy? Yes, but those rights are not always clearly defined, and as a result, school administrators and teachers often violate students' rights.
Heritage Academy is not any different.

Heritage Academy Episode 14: For the Love of Boys Sports

Why are some sports and students who play those sports more equal at Heritage Academy than others? Is anyone even concerned about the children at this school? Do they only care about how the Varsity big three boys teams perform? Is Heritage Academy just another school chasing athletic trophies?

Heritage Academy Episode 13 Systemic Failures of the Head of School and Board

Heritage Academy has lost its primary focus: High Moral Standards and Academic Excellence. The leadership has failed the children of the school academically, morally, and athletically over and over under the helm of Sean Harrison, Head of Schools. Two administrators left under ethical challenges and one of those departures resulted in a negative emotional impact on the entire middle school where he taught the 7th and 8th grade. And today, the incompetent leadership of the head of schools has exposed that since that educator administrator’s departure, the students have had NO instructional continuity resulting in those students not having a semester exam in a core course!