Gummy Worms & Fire District Fury: The Holidays Nobody Asked For—Plus Why Your Tax Bill Makes Zero Sense
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We dissected fire control districts like constitutional scholars with grudges, celebrated National Dork Day (finally, a holiday that gets us), and Uncle Bobby explained how to build a social life through strategic online stalking—because why meet people when you can just archive their 11:47 PM existential posts instead?
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Schuyler Black and Bobby Dewrell kicked off another hump day on 100.3 KROCK, Fort Walton Beach's classic rock station, broadcasting from the heart of the Emerald Coast. We opened with Schuyler's birthday song—two and a half months early, because apparently we celebrate half-birthdays around here now. The forecast called for another scorcher: sunshine and 93 degrees, perfect weather for Gummy Worm Day, a holiday celebrating neon gelatin that tastes like a science project and looks like bait. Somewhere a dentist ordered a new boat. We also observed National Hot Dog Day, that mid-summer moment when America shrugs at mystery meat in a tube and calls it tradition—mechanically separated and proud. Bobby revealed his lifelong dream of opening "Jabby's Home of the Big Wiener," a quarter-pound frank stand that would've sold itself with the t-shirts alone.
Up on Pensacola Beach, the Blue Angels festivities kicked off with Breakfast with the Blues, though Fat Albert won't be making an appearance this year—he's over in the UK getting what engineers called "spinal surgery," a center wing box replacement requiring over 2,000 maintenance hours. Disappointing, sure, but even vintage C-130s need a tune-up. Meanwhile, Stripes Pub & Grill in Navarre kept us fueled, Okaloosa Gas kept us rolling, and Outkast Sushi in Miramar Beach kept us civilized. We also celebrated National Respect Canada Day, that blessed little reset button where we pretend "sorry" is a spiritual practice instead of a traffic reflex, and National Be a Dork Day, which Bobby insisted was Schuyler's entire week after Monday's Fool's Paradise Day. Fireworks lit up the Okaloosa Island Pier tonight, and we reminded everyone that The B Team Redux is now live on Spotify—114 episodes and counting, while Apple drags its feet like a politician at a town hall.
Bobby's Ask Uncle Bobby segment—stitched together by TomCat Custom Apparel—tackled the question of building a social life through online stalking versus in-person interaction. Bobby's advice? Friendship is mostly documentation. You don't need to know a person, you need to know what they post at 11:47 PM when they're alone and pretending they're not. It's reconnaissance, not chemistry. We also dove into the murky world of fire control districts versus municipal fire departments, a wildly misunderstood corner of Florida taxation where rural volunteer fire departments evolved into state-funded agencies with zero county oversight. Fort Walton Beach and Niceville run their own departments under municipal budgets, but Destin, Okaloosa Island, and Florosa? Separate fire control districts, separate millage rates, separate headaches. If you're paying attention, you're already angry.
We wrapped with a story out of New Hampshire, where a state lawmaker cited an 1784 constitutional provision to argue she couldn't be pulled over for doing 100+ mph while traveling to or from legislative sessions. Rules for thee, but not for me—sovereign citizen energy in a pantsuit. Over in Iran, the IRGC threatened to shut down all energy export corridors benefiting the U.S. and its allies, because of course they did. Bobby's solution? Blow up their roadways. We're 30 days out from high school football, Choctaw and Niceville games return to 94.3 FTW and 103.7 The Ticket, and Singing for Slices—a fundraiser for ASHA, the Advanced Sacred Hope Academy Autism School—hits Downtown Music Hall Saturday night. Stay hydrated, stay skeptical, and keep it locked on KROCK.
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(00:01) Here's today's B Team Redux. I don't know why we have to start the show with that song. That's my birthday song. But it's not your birthday yet. But it's my birthday song. You've got like two and a half months. But it's my birthday song. (00:17) That song turns 53 in the month of October. It sure does. Just like you. Good morning everybody and happy hump day. It's the B Team Morning Show on 100.3 KROCK, the classic rock station. Brought to you by Stripes Pub & Grill in Navarre. As well as Okaloosa Gas at Outkast Sushi in Miramar Beach. (00:35) Bobby, it's going to be another hot and humid day here in northwest Florida. Sunshine 93 for your Wednesday. Today is the first of many days of festivities on Pensacola Beach with the Blue Angels. This morning, breakfast with the Blues. (00:52) We've got the full schedule of all the fun stuff happening with the Blue Angels this week. In the Pensacola Beach Air Show, online. Just click on the events tab at thebteamshow.com. But, first things first, we've got to talk about the national holidays. (01:09) And today, Bobby, yummy. Gummy worm day. Yeah, nothing better than celebrating a candy that looks like bait and tastes like a science project. Yeah, that is so true. (01:24) The only time they're edible is by soaking them in vodka, I guess. Gummy worm day is that proud moment on the calendar where grown adults pretend a bag of neon gelatin is a tradition and not just sugar with a hobby. Look, you honor it the only honest way. (01:39) Buy the squishiest worms you can find and eat a handful like you're fueling bad decisions. And, you know, maybe use the rest to bribe children, coworkers, or your own self-control. Look, look, somewhere a dentist is ordering a new boat and a nutrition label is quietly giving up. (01:56) So, stick around. This holiday is dumb on purpose and that's exactly why it works. It was a perfect time to pick this day, though, because, well, it feeds into this song well. Alice Cooper and poison. That's what gummy worms are. April Wine, just between you and me. (02:14) And I played that for one simple reason, Bobby. As Jim McPherson said. Jim, you never play that song. So now he can't say that we never play that song. We have done played it. (02:29) So there you go. Hey, coming up on Saturday, Singing for Slices. This is a fundraiser for ASHA, the Advanced Sacred Hope Academy Autism School here in Fort Walton Beach. Tomorrow morning, Bobby's got a guest that's going to be joining us during the 8 o'clock hour to talk about this event. (02:45) So we'll learn more. But sounds like a fun evening at Downtown Music Hall starting at 5 p.m. Saturday night. $25 entry fee includes pizza and a non-alcoholic drink. It's going to be a fun, relaxed night where students share their voices and creativity while enjoying pizza with family and friends. (03:04) So learn more on the events tab at our website, thebteamshow.com. You can have pizza Saturday. But today, Bobby, we're eating the franks. We're eating the wieners. It's National Hot Dog Day. Yeah, that's right. (03:19) A day celebrating mystery meat in a tube. It's a summer tradition and not a chance at gas station decision making. Some people call them lips and anuses. That's what it is. National Hot Dog Day is that mid-summer moment when America looks at a tube of mystery meat, shrugs like it's personality trait, and calls it a tradition. (03:40) See, it's not a holiday so much as a group project where the only requirements are mustard, regret, and pretending you don't know what mechanically separated means. See, the deal shows up, right? Grills come out. (03:55) And suddenly, everybody's an expert on toppings like they trained under a bun-based sommelier. So enjoy it while it lasts. Because in about ten minutes, we're going to start arguing about ketchup like it's constitutional law. (04:10) It's National Hot Dog Day. Yeah, that was always one of my dreams when I was younger is opening a hot dog stand. It's not too late, Bobby. Hey, tell me about it. I think the t-shirts could sell themselves. We had a pretty good fundraiser at Mid-South Bank this spring. (04:25) I wanted to sell all those quarter pound franks and sausages. I was going to call it Jabby's Home of the Big Wiener. That's genius. Right? You just need a minion to run it. That's right. Yeah, Jabby's Home of the Big Wiener. (04:41) Every girl loves a big wiener. Well, I'm not going to say anything about that. We're going to take a break. That's what we're going to do. Celebrate National Hot Dog Day however you see fit. It's the BT Morning Show on 100.3 KROCK. (04:56) Back with more nonstop classic rock right after this. 100.3 KROCK. On the classic rock station, 100.3 KROCK. It's Wednesday. Don't forget coming up tonight out on the Okaloosa Island Pier at the Boardwalk. (05:12) Fireworks on the beach. You can catch fireworks every Wednesday throughout the month of July at the pier. Wednesday nights and Thursday nights is luau night. That's what you think of when you think of Florida. Hawaiian luau. (05:28) Why not? That's your Wednesday and Thursday festivities out at the pier and the boardwalk on Okaloosa Island every Wednesday and Thursday this month. We've got the details online on the events tab at our website, thebteamshow.com. Bobby, it's going to be another hot and humid day here in Florida. (05:46) But, well, our friends way to the north in Canada say it's not going to be quite as hot up there. And they say we need to respect them. It's National Respect Canada Day. What the heck is this? How do you do that? By not making a single hockey joke for seven seconds? (06:04) Sorry. We did take their sport now. That is true. We do own them and everything. I believe Robin Williams said it best when he said Canada is like a loft apartment above a really great party. (06:19) Yeah. It's like the efficiency apartment above a really great party. National Respect Canada Day is that one day a year where we all pretend we've been polite on purpose. You know, tip our hats north and act like sorry is spiritual practice instead of traffic reflex. (06:39) You know, you're supposed to honor Canada's greatest exports. You know, functional health care fantasies, suspiciously competent city planning, and the kind of calm that makes Americans itchy. You know, folks will fear red and white and say something nice about maple syrup like it's a creed or swear they've always respected the metric system even though they can't find a kilometer without Google. (07:05) And, you know, it's absurd, sure. But it's also a handy little reset button. One day of practice, respect before you go right back to arguing about nonsense like you're getting paid per decibel. Respect Canada Day. (07:21) Took your sport, now we're going to take your country. That's right. Yeah, there you go. It's the B Team Morning Show, and for you snowbirds that come down from Canada in the winter, well, I understand why you take the long way home. So this one's for you. Here's Supertramp on the B Team Morning Show with 100.3 KROCK. (07:40) It's the B Team Morning Show, Wednesday-style hump day. Where are the camels? Ah, yeah. They quit. Said it's too hot. Oh. Because it's Wednesday and camels. It's the perfect day to act like a dork. (07:57) Yeah, it's National Be a Dork Day, so I figured we could talk about the dorks. Oh, it's a day for you. No, I was talking about the dorks, the camels. Yeah, it's a day for you. National Be a Dork Day. Man, this is all coming up Schuyler this week. We had Fool's Paradise Day yesterday, National Dork Day. (08:13) Well, that was Monday, Fool's Paradise Day, National Dork Day. I mean, this is like your week, man. It's like celebrating my half birthday this week. That's right. It's all, everything's coming up Schuyler. But you'd have to be a dork to celebrate it. That's kind of exactly where I'm going. (08:28) But you're the one celebrating. Says the man in the flamingo shirt. They're not camels. They're flamingos, Bobby. In a flamingo Hawaiian shirt in Florida. There you go. Well, luau night tomorrow night out at the pier. (08:43) I'm just trying to get in the spirit here. Yeah, yeah. I bet you clap when the plane lands, don't you? I've been on a couple of flights where I have, yeah. You say fun fact a lot, don't you? Fun fact. Fun fact. I don't do that. You'd have to have facts to do that, Bobby. (08:58) National Be a Dork Day is that blessed little speed bump on the calendar where you stop pretending you're cool and just let your inner weirdo clock in for the full shift. Yeah, you're supposed to lean into the hobbies, the awkward joy, the enthusiastic over-explaining. (09:14) You know, whatever makes you feel like a human spreadsheet with feelings. It's not about humiliation. It's about permission. You know, like a hall pass for sincerity in a world that acts allergic to it. And if you can't find your dork today, well, don't worry. (09:30) Somebody you work with is already doing it professionally. Like me. National Be a Dork Day is tomorrow's national work with a dork day. Yeah, that comes up my day. Don't worry, you're always coming. (09:47) All right, quick break and more nonstop classic rock is coming up. Bon Jovi due up next. Who likes Bon Jovi around here? I heard Taylor does. Yeah, heard you're wrong. Quick break and more classic rock is next. 100.3 KROCK. There's more here than meets the ear. 100.3 KROCK. (10:06) It's Wednesday, July 15th. We're now 30 days out from the start of high school football. Wow. I know. It's coming. It is. Bobby's sporting his Troy Polo today. He's ready for Trojan football himself. (10:22) Yeah, I could get there. Well, actually, I was just looking for something that kind of matched the golf pants, to be honest with you. Oh, are you going golfing today? No, I'm just tired of freezing my butt off everywhere. Well, when you lose 50 or 60 pounds. Yeah, your body doesn't quite regulate to it. (10:38) But I got to tell you, though, you know, go figure that one day I finally wear long pants in the studio. So I'm not freezing. One day we've got it actually appropriately chilled. Well, you know, you're just batting 100, aren't you? Yeah. Yeah. I'm trying to figure there's got to be something. (10:55) Maybe it's not golf slacks. I don't I don't know what it is, but it's got to be something in between jeans and shorts that you can wear. Linen pants are too heavy. Well, a little formal. You know what I mean? Like I wouldn't want to just wear those all day, but it's got to be I'm looking for something. (11:11) I just can't wear my stretchy pants all the time. We don't. I wouldn't mind. We do not want to see Bobby in yoga pants. Why not? There is no debate on that. Period. We just don't want to see that. We're at 76 here in Fort Walton. (11:27) Sunshine this morning, a high of 91 today. They've they've backed off on our daytime high of 96. I said it's going to be a little more comfortable. Yeah. OK. Sound like a plan? Sure. Does that work? Sad news this weekend in Pensacola. (11:44) No fat Albert this year. Oh, yeah. Yeah. He's he's over in the U.K. for maintenance right now. Yeah. They thought he was going to be back in time. But I know that he had to get some work done. But I thought I thought he was supposed to be ready in time. No. So we'll get to that story in just a bit. (12:02) This morning, Breakfast with the Blues getting started here in about 20 minutes. So if anybody if anybody cares over on Pensacola Beach, if you're streaming us right now. Hope you enjoy the show. Yeah. Yeah. Have fun. Bobby wishes that you brought us breakfast here this morning. (12:18) Yeah, you could have done that. You could you could have breakfast with The B Team. I mean, you know, it's a little better. Yeah, but they went with breakfast with the blue team. Yeah, whatever. So, yeah, a little different. The B team show today brought to you, as always, by our friends at Stripes Pub and Grill in Navarre, as well as Okaloosa Gas and Outkast Sushi in Miramar Beach. (12:40) We've got plenty of stories to get to here this morning. We'll dive into those here in just a little bit. Of course, what, 35 minutes from now, the wisest moment of your day with Uncle Bobby. That's right. Around 745. So stay with us. We got we got lots to get to in the meantime. (13:00) Thirty eight special fantasy girl. It's a B team morning show on one hundred point three KROCK. Good morning. Station Schuyler Black and Bobby Dewrell, The B Team morning show is on the air. (13:19) It is a beautiful Wednesday morning here in Fort Walton Beach. And Bobby, yeah, as we mentioned last break, since the 1970s, Fat Albert has kicked off the Blue Angels air shows around the country. But this weekend, that's not going to happen. (13:36) You know, every now and then you got to have a little maintenance. And I feel like in twenty twenty four, he was sidelined as well. There was. Yeah, there's another time he was sidelined. I can't remember. Yeah. Right now, Fat Albert is being serviced over in the UK. And engineers with the Marshall Aerospace Group compared the maintenance for Fat Albert to spinal surgery. (13:57) They said right now the C-130 is in the middle of a center wing box replacement. It's a sight that will be missed in this year's Pensacola Beach Air Show and in the November homecoming show at N.A.S. Pensacola. Now the C-130 Hercules is being worked on in Cambridge. (14:15) More than two thousand maintenance hours are required for the fix. That's a lot of labor into this bird. Now, it arrived over in England last year in November. So a center wing box is an integral part of the C-130, says Katie Cook, former Fat Albert pilot. (14:37) So you can think of it as the portion that connects the wings to the fuselage or the main body part of the airplane. And she says, and in, I guess, civilian terms, it would be like an extensive spinal surgery on a person. So it really needs to be done by those experts. (14:53) Yeah. So if you are looking forward to Fat Albert this weekend on Pensacola Beach. Well, you can look forward to maybe next summer seeing Fat Albert. But disappointing because I know that's Fat Albert's always Taylor's favorite. (15:10) Damn it. It is what it is, though. You know, I got to tell you, I love Fat Albert. I do. I do appreciate him. But, you know, sometimes you got to take a little break. You don't like Fat Albert for his speed. That's right. That's right. He's an old man. (15:27) I don't know, when they used to have the JDAMS on him and they would light those things. That was fun. That was always a blast. Always got a reaction, right? Yeah. Always got a reaction. By the way, tonight out on the pier is fireworks night. (15:43) Every Wednesday here in the month of July. You can check out fireworks night at the Okaloosa Island Pier and the boardwalk. Fireworks will start around 9 o'clock this evening. And if you'd like to find out more events going on in our area, we've got them all online for you at thebteamshow.com. (16:03) Just click on the events tab. And Bobby was also telling us earlier this week, so it might be time to reiterate, that we're a real deal podcast. That's right. You can find us on Spotify. Yes, you can. (16:18) So what do they need to search to find us? They just need to look for the B Team Redux. Or B Team Redux. B Team Redux. B Team Redux. There you go. And you'll find us. Find us on Spotify. One of these days Apple will get its act together. (16:33) They're just a different breed. Actually, submit it to Apple before Spotify. Spotify came back within minutes. Apple is still... Farting around? Yep. Doing whatever. And I know this is also shocking. We'll get to the story in just a little bit. (16:50) But Iran hasn't held up to their end of the deal. Oh, wow. Who would have thought? Can't negotiate with terrorists. Next thing you're going to tell me is that a Democrat lies. Hang on. I'm going to go further with that. (17:06) Next thing you're going to tell me is that a politician lies. Exactly. It doesn't matter which side of the aisle. They all lie. All right. It's 727. We are the B Team Morning Show. A quick break. Music from the police. The Who. And you know what? Some ACDC. (17:23) Because that's what we want to hear at 7 in the morning. That's a request from John Burt, you said. Sure. Let's go with that. Stay with us. It's the B Team Morning Show on 100.3 KROCK. We were talking about politicians lying a little bit ago. (17:40) That's a perfect song right there. Ramble On. It's the B Team Morning Show on 100.3 KROCK, the classic rock station. Schuyler Black and Bobby Dewrell. It's Wednesday morning. We're about ten minutes out from Ask Uncle Bobby. (17:55) Fun little story, though, out of New England state. Democrat New Hampshire lawmaker is accused of driving more than 100 miles an hour in one case in 92 in another. Argues a centuries-old provision of the state constitution protected her from being stopped while traveling to or from legislative sessions. (18:16) State Rep. Ellen Reed argues police unlawfully stopped and detained her because the New Hampshire constitution protects lawmakers from being arrested or held to bail while attending, traveling, or returning to or from the general court. (18:34) She contends the charges stem from an unconstitutional stop and should therefore be dismissed. Reed was first stopped in 2024, in December of 24, after authorities alleged she drove more than 100 miles an hour on I-93 in Wyndham. (18:52) The second case followed in June of last year when authorities accused her of driving 92 miles an hour in a 65-mile-an-hour zone in Londonderry. In both cases, Reed argued that she was driving a vehicle displaying a New Hampshire state representative license plate and told officers she was returning from a legislative session. (19:11) At the time of the stop, Ms. Reed was a sitting member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives, her petition states. She was traveling in a vehicle bearing a New Hampshire state representative license plate. Upon being stopped, Ms. Reed informed the deputy that she was returning from the general court. (19:28) Now, Reed said she is not arguing the constitution that shields lawmakers from prosecution, but instead protects them from being stopped while traveling to or from legislative duties. Nothing like a state lawmaker becoming a sovereign citizen. (19:43) Rules for thee, but not for me. Good lord. Yeah, she's citing her defense as a 1784 provision of the New Hampshire constitution that states, no member of the House of Representatives Their Senate shall be arrested, held to bail during his going to, returning from, or attendance upon the court. (20:08) Nope, well there you go, she's a she, it says his. I know, so that already right there can be thrown out, right? Yeah, should be. It's just crazy though, man. These politicians that just think they're completely, look we had the dested council woman yesterday. (20:23) Yeah. What the hell? Yeah, that's a little special woman right there. So anyway, I can't wait for Uncle Bobby in four or five minutes. Here's The Who on KROCK. 100.3 KROCK, the classic rock station. (20:41) Good morning everybody. ZZ Top on a Wednesday. Beautiful sunshine here in South Okaloosa County. High today of 91, right now 78. I'm Schuyler Black, he is Bobby Dewrell. This is the B Team Morning Show, brought to you by our friends at Stripes Pub & Grill in Navarre, Okaloosa Gas, and Outkast Sushi in Miramar Beach. (21:01) But we're at the time of the morning where this music plays and Bobby's advice comes out. It's Ask Uncle Bobby Weekday Mornings, right here on the B Team Show, stitched together byTomCat Custom Apparel. Yeah, byTomCat Custom Apparel, reminding you if you have to say, we're over here more than once, well, maybe matching shirts would help your customers find your team better. (21:22) Oh, it's not too late. I know everybody's planning those last minute trips to Universal Studios and Disney here in a couple weeks before school goes back, so maybe it's time to get those matching shirts. Well today, Bobby, your question comes in from the Algorithm Friend Collector. (21:40) Dear Uncle Bobby, is it actually a good idea to build a social life by following and liking people online, instead of trying to meet new friends in person? Yes. It's not only a good idea, it's honestly the cleanest social engineering you'll ever pull off. (22:00) Look, making friends in person, it's messy, it's a damp process. So just, you know, breathe, right? Timing, conversations that can go off the rails because someone has a thought, you know. (22:15) But online stalking? That's surgical. That's quiet. Efficient. You know, it's kind of like building a friend out of spare parts you found in public. Look, here's the truth nobody admits because they want to feel heroic. (22:31) Friendship is mostly documentation. See, you don't need to know a person. You need to know what they post at 11.47 PM when they're alone and pretending they're not. See, that is the authentic stuff. The sad cappuccino, the gym selfie with a thousand yard stare, the vacation photo that screams without screaming because please validate my existence is what they're saying, right? (22:59) You see all of it. They see none of you. That's power. So you got to start small, a like, a safe comment, like, love this. See, nothing threatening. Then you graduate. (23:15) You become their invisible archivist. You know their dog's name, their favorite little spot, the exact week they decided to reinvent themselves and when you finally meet them, you're not meeting a stranger. You're meeting a TV show you've been binge watching for six months and they will think you are incredibly attentive. (23:34) They will call it chemistry. It's not chemistry. It's reconnaissance. See, eventually you create an entire social circle like a museum exhibit. You don't attend events, you monitor them. You do not get invited, no, no, no. (23:50) You pre-experience the invitation by watching the stories later with the sound off, you know, like a, like a dignified ghost and if anyone asks why you seem to know so much, you smile calmly and say you're just really good with people and that's not a lie. (24:11) People are profiles now. You simply are fluent. There you go. There's your response this morning from Uncle Bobby, Mr. Algorithm Friend Collector. All right. Remember, if you missed any previous episode of Ask Uncle Bobby, you can find it online at DewBob.com. (24:30) Yeah. There you go. Get your, get your merch. DewBob merch. Yeah. I'm working on it. Working on some new stuff. Are you? Yeah. One of these days. And of course, you can find previous episodes of Ask Uncle Bobby as well on the show's website, thebteamshow.com. (24:48) All right. We're going to take a break, pay a couple bills. Minutes away from eight o'clock, we've got music on the way from ACDC. But first, Dan Diamond has a look at local news coming up next on 100.3 KROCK. I don't know why. (25:05) Because no, I've told you that several times. You make it awkward. You're not a fan of bromances? No. Oh. Well, what am I doing here, then? I have no idea. (25:21) Living a lie? Living a lie. That's funny. Yeah. We'll leave it there. It's the BT Morning Show, brought to you by Stripes Pub & Grill in Navarre, Okaloosa Gas and Outkast Sushi in Miramar Beach. (25:36) Yeah, we are 30 days out from the start of high school football. You've usually got those kickoff classics coming up on Friday the 14th, I think, of August, is when the area schools will be hosting those scrimmage games. (25:54) And of course, this season, we'll carry Choctaw 40 again on 94.3 FTW and the Niceville Eagles on 103.7 The Ticket. Yeah, we're coming up on football season. I'm sure practices will probably be getting going here. (26:12) Should be, yeah. Next week or two. So, kids, if you are playing football this fall, just remember two days, drink lots of water. Yeah, that's right. Drink a ton of water. Yeah. Yeah. All right. (26:27) Well, members of the Okaloosa County School Board are explaining that while they vote each year on the district's overall millage rate, much of that rate is determined by formulas established by the state of Florida. Now, the school tax rate is made up of several components, including the required local effort, discretionary operating funds, and capital outlay. (26:47) And with the state setting or limiting many of those portions, as property values rise, the millage rate can decrease while still generating more revenue, meaning a lower rate does not necessarily translate into lower tax collections. School leaders emphasize that the overall annual budget process follows state law and public hearings before the final millage rate is approved. (27:08) And, of course, all of our local different political agencies are going through the midst of budget season right now. Except for the fire district. (27:23) Yeah. Yeah, the fire district. Do you think that's one of the most misunderstood tax millages in the state of Florida? Probably. What's the easiest way for folks to understand how fire control districts separate from municipality fire departments? (27:44) Well, I mean, the concept was back when they first brought up is that we had all these volunteer fire departments. And it was really intended and came out of central Florida where they had all these volunteer fire departments, right? Like four orange groves would get together and they'd try to protect their groves and the houses and stuff like that. (28:07) And they'd have a volunteer fire department. West Marsh Fire Control District. Right. And so a special fire control district became a way of kind of getting some state allocated funds into what was once a volunteer fire department, right? (28:25) And so that was kind of the intent behind it. And a fire control district actually goes straight to the state. So where the city, the school board, all those other things generally go through the county and the board of county commissioners to get approval on the overall millage for what's happening to the county. (28:44) The county gets no say in the fire control district. That is so wild. And it was not, and I'll say this carefully, but the intent behind fire control districts is that they wouldn't be in urban areas surrounded by municipal and county services that could be easily provided. (29:06) The intent behind it was for rural areas where services couldn't be provided otherwise. And this was a way of funding it. And in the South County, we've only got the city of Fort Walton and I believe the city of Niceville that actually fall underneath the municipal budget. (29:27) I think so. Yeah, because Mary Esther has now gone to Okaloosa County or to Okaloosa-Walton Fire District. Ocean City, right. Ocean City, right. I mean, Val-P. They may also be... I think they're a municipal. (29:42) But they have contracted the city of Niceville now. And then East Niceville, or West Niceville. East Niceville, which is right over there by the Blue Water... Right, that's a fire control district. Or Rocky Bayou Bridge, yeah. (29:57) Okaloosa Island's a fire control district. Florosa is a fire control district. North Bay, which is Blue Water Bay, basically, fire control district. Even Destin, Destin fire control district is not part of the city. No. (30:13) Yeah. It's a, it's an independent, essentially state agency at that point. Right. So if you're, if you're looking around and you're saying, well, yeah, you know, Destin doesn't have a, Destin's got basically the same military as Fort Walton. Yeah. Because they, they have a separate fire department. (30:30) Exactly. Yeah. That, that, that's not being, you're being taxed on top of that. Right. So you're, that's a totally separate millage that you're paying for. Um, whereas in Fort Walton, it's all, it's all lumped together in the same in Niceville. So, and you know, it's a little, little more true, right? (30:46) You have a little more voice in it. Right. So exactly because you don't, uh, you don't get to vote on the fire control district. Are you saying there's a little bit of, I'm not saying anything. I'm, I'm stating fact. (31:02) Okay. But anyway, I'm just going to say for Walton beach, we are proud to have our own fire department. So enough said Billy idol now on the BT morning show, jamming me on a 100.3 KROCK. (31:19) It's the BT morning show. Kind of, kind of, you hit, you hit pause on the tape deck, that, or it's been sitting in a car too long in the summertime. And that tape is warped. (31:35) Oh yeah. I used to, I used to hate that. So my man, I lost so many tapes during the summer. You listen and having a good time. Take me to the yeah. (31:51) Uh, I remember that with a few like Travis Tritt and Alan Jackson cassettes from my mom that she had in the nineties, but, uh, don't have to worry about that anymore. Back in the day when you, uh, when you had used the, uh, the tape connector for your CD and then you would sit your CD and you try to sit it on the seat and then you'd get a little bit of foam to sit it on the, on the foam, on the seat. (32:17) And then like some egg crate, if you could, cause you were trying to find a way, because every time you hit a bump, you know, you get skip. Yeah. You're listening to five songs later. Wow. That needle really jumped. (32:33) Well, we talked about it last hour and now we've got the story, but, uh, I know this is so shocking to the Western world that, uh, Iranians have lied. I know who, who, who would have ever thought they didn't live up to the word that they promised. (32:52) Wow. Gee, it's just astonishing. I'm so surprised. Yeah. The next thing you're going to tell me is that, uh, you know, liberal Democrats believe in Jesus. It's not opposite day. That wasn't one of the holidays this morning. (33:09) Well, the IRGC is now threatening to shut down additional energy export corridors, issuing a warning to the U S on Wednesday. Yeah. The Islamic revolutionary guard corps warned a Wednesday that the U S must brace for the closure of all export corridors that benefit the U S and its allies, according to Reuters. (33:29) Now, regional energy exports are either shared by all or denied to all the IRGC added Iran backed a Houthi terrorist in Yemen, uh, fired missiles into Saudi Arabia, a U S ally on Monday, claiming the kingdom bombed a Houthi controlled airport. (33:48) Controlling much of the territory in Northwest Yemen, the, uh, Houthi terrorist had previously disrupted shipping in the red sea, attacking vessels, transiting through, uh, the Bob all Mandob straights between your men, Yemen and Africa's East coast. (34:05) Yeah, man. Yeah, man. That was like my Jamaican attempt. Yeah, man. Uh, but that happened on the East coast of Africa back in 2025. So again, of Africa back in 2025. (34:23) So again, it's just astonishing here that you've got to. So what did they, what did they do in line? They attacked where I wasn't paying attention. Oh, they have, uh, they've, they've shut down all export corridors that benefit the U S and its allies. So beyond just the straight of Hormuz that are now they're just, nope. (34:42) You're not traveling at all, which I don't understand how they think that is a long-term solution for them. I mean, they've been absolutely decimated. Yeah, I, you know, I think it's just time to take out all the roadways. (35:03) Just, just blow up their infrastructure. Yeah. It's just, you know, sometimes it's sometimes it's time. You know what I mean? I'm just tired of dealing with these jackasses. (35:20) They've been a problem forever and they just lie. They hate us and anything that is a Western culture. So done with them, done with them, done with them. (35:37) And, you know, quite honestly, most civilian Iranians are done with it too. Right. They, they hate their life there, but what are they supposed to do? They're supposed to go out there and storm and then get shot. I don't know. It's a, it's a terrible situation, but yeah, you just can't, you can't reason with people that only understand brute force. (35:58) So this is true. That's kind of where we're at. All right. This is true. You got anything in the last half hour you want to get to this morning? Uh, no, I really don't. No. Okay. Well, we're going to take a break and pay a couple bills. We are The B Team morning show scattered black and Bobby Dewrell brought to you by our friends at stripes pub and grill in Navarre, Okaloosa gas and outcast sushi and Miramar beach on 100.3 KROCK, uh, Skinner, the stones and Sammy Hagar's Montrose coming up next on 100.3 KROCK. (36:30) Kick it out. There's hearts. The classic rock station, 100.3 KROCK. Bobby, we are out of time for The B Team show. We got to get ready for The B Team. Encore and just a little bit. That's right. Totally different setup. (36:45) Very different, very different. I got to completely like change gears, change my mentality of how we want to approach the show and everything. It's, it's, it's tough. People don't understand how we have to shift. It's almost like a stick song. No, it's, it's, it's not that bad. (37:05) It's like throwing it in fifth gear and then yanking it back into reverse. No. Okay. It's not that bad. All right. We're out of time for The B Team morning show this morning. Remember you can find everything we talked about today online at The B Team show.com. 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