The employees of the Columbus Convention and Tourism Bureau work in a hellish environment of micromanagement and oppressive oversight. Listen to a letter from a former employee to then sitting mayor Robert Smith where she pleads for assistance in creating a fair working environment. 

Why did Carpenter apply for a trademark to an event hosted by Zachary's for Main Street Columbus? Why do we have a "new" bus when nothing is wrong with the "old" bus? 

The CVB's marketing is often racially tone deaf, filled with the director's family, or used as personal branding. No marketing of the Visit Columbus brand...that's for sure. Columbus deserves better!

The CVB now owns two 35+ year old double decker buses to drive around Columbus and entertain our non-existent tourists. 

In this episode, the overseas member of the Tombigbee Tales team and I examines the questionable behaviors of the CVB's director, Nancy Luke Carpenter and we set our research schedule for the week: The Tennessee Williams Home Loan and the various expensive memberships on the CVB Budget. 

In this episode two of the Tombigbee Tales team members ask questions about how the CVB Director's performance can and should be assessed. 

Nancy Carpenter, angry that she can no longer control the board at the CVB and the Tennessee Williams home, decided she would just give the Williams home to the state...without board knowledge or approval. 

Why is the Musselwhite Building missing on deed paperwork at the courthouse? Why is nothing related to money or CVB property ever straightforward with Nancy Luke Carpenter?

What is all the posturing about by a member of the Board of Supervisors? Small town politics is often a blood sport. Columbus is no different. 

Lowndes County Board of Supervisor Leroy Brooks has a 10+ year loathing for the CVB Board and Nancy Carpenter. What changed? Let's catch up on their history first!