Updates on Madden, Jordan, & Shaw/Dial

There seems to be a great deal of confusion about the sentence of Crista Massey Madden. She is to serve two 20 year sentences concurrently. That means at the same time. She would be serving 40 years only if she were sentenced to serve them consecutively. Also, while she's not eligible for Correctional Incentive Time, she is eligible for parole.

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We have heard that Josh Jordan has been terminated from his position (whatever it was) at NWSCC. We are attempting to get more information on this and will report whatever we find.

To the person who asked what his former marriages had to do with anything at all... At least he was a man who confessed to felony domestic violence (having choked a 16 year-old boy). What is so very hard to understand about this? If this means nothing to you, it should!

Rest assured, if Wally Cox or Arnold Stang were alive to commit violence against a woman or a child, we would be outraged. When a bodybuilder does it? There really aren't enough negative words.

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Have Sharita Long and Debbie Dial left the employ of the Colbert County tax assessor's office? We understand that both women left after two individuals filed ethics complaints against them. We should have more on this later. 

What penalties did these women face if the ethics commission found them guilty? Only a small fine and reprimand, as we understand it. Our ethics laws have few, if any, teeth.

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Returning to the problem of Josh Jordan at NWSCC, we have found a second list of professors/assistant professors/adjunct instructors for the college. Was Jordan's name on this second list? No.

How was it that this man's name was omitted from both lists if he were indeed an adjunct? Was there some kind of cover up, as in: Oh, he xxxxxx, did he? Well, he never was a regular employee here, just a fill in. If this was the case, are there others like him at NWSCC? It's a question all taxpayers should be asking.