Hot Enough for You Day: The National Holiday That Confirms Summer Is Just a Sweaty Hostage Situation

(00:01) Here's today's B Team Redux. George Thorogood in bad to the bone on the classic rock station. 100.3 KROCK. It is the B Team Morning Show. Schuyler Black in number one benchwarmer. Tom Mason on the air filling in for that guy that's not here. (00:17) Brandon. Brandon. Brandon. Brandon. Hey, I'm glad to be here. Yes, I really am. I'm glad you're glad to be here. Could have gone without the sigh there, Brandon. I thought we needed that. Nice touch. (00:32) There are some people out there that went, wait a minute, I missed the sigh. Do you want to do it again? No, no, I don't want to overdo it. Should I? Should I do it again? Let's ration it. Maybe next break. (00:47) You can bring it back. Coming up on the 7th of August. That is two weeks from Friday. It's the next First Friday Coffee with the Greater Fort Walton Beach Chamber of Commerce. Bobby and I will be back out there broadcasting live for that event. (01:02) Chatting with Ted from the Chamber as well as many local businesses, movers and shakers, non-profits and board. Of course, our coverage this month. We want to thank our friends at Florida Power and Light, We Care Heating and Air, Eglin Federal Credit Union, and Tammy's Journeys for sponsoring our live remote coverage. (01:23) That's cool. Do you chat with Ted or do you just kind of turn things over to him? How does that work? I mean, I've been around Ted. Yeah, so when we get there, we have these microphones that are like, they're Ted magnets. Okay. And he just gravitates our direction. (01:40) Don't they all just take off towards him as soon as he walks in the room? Yeah. It's funny, you could actually start seeing him hover in the air. And as he walks through the building, they move around too. Like little drones. (01:55) Yeah. And eventually one just flies right into his hand. It's amazing. Uh-huh. The powers of Ted and microphone. That's right. Well, we've got another holiday that we need to talk about this morning. Oh, yeah. It is National Hot Enough for You Day. (02:11) Yeah. Hot Enough for You Day. Yeah. Not you. Yeah. Y-A. Yeah. Hot Enough for You Day because apparently we needed a holiday to confirm the sun's trying to cook us like cheap bacon on a dashboard. Hot Enough for You Day is the proud little holiday where we stop pretending summer is nice and admit it's a sweaty hostage situation with better lighting. (02:31) The whole premise is simple. You say the line. Somebody else says the line back. And for a brief moment, we all agree we're being slow cooked like bargain ribs at a gas station. It's not a celebration so much as a communal temperature check for people who run out of real conversation and still insist on making eye contact. (02:52) So stick around because this is where the small talk ends and the bad decisions start. Hot Enough for You Day. That should have been last week. This week's pretty comfortable. Yeah. It's not bad this week. High of 88 today. Last week was bacon. (03:07) Yeah. It was warm. Just a skosh of warm last week. We've got to look at your forecast and local news coming up in the next 15 minutes. Right now, Guns N' Roses live and let die on 100.3 KROCK. Easy come, easy go. (03:22) One of those late 80s glam rock bands. Man, I was all over that stuff. Was that your era of music? That was it, man. Yeah. Did you like Winger? Yeah, they were all right. I had a buddy that was really into the hair bands and all that stuff and it was more his thing. (03:39) But they were okay. They were all right? Yeah, they were all right. They weren't one of my favorites. Well, I'm sorry. I played it for you. I don't think I went out and bought any cassette tapes or anything. There are eight tracks of Winger. Not that I can remember anyway. (03:54) Taylor's got all of her dad's albums and cassettes at home. Now, I'm going to be curious if there's any Winger in that. But he was more into the hippie stuff. Oh, really? Yeah. (04:09) Yeah. Now, where I may have gotten something. You've probably heard about it. The Columbia Records. You get like six albums or six cassette tapes for a penny. And they rope you into this thing that lasts in perpetuity where you have to pay them for the rest of your life. (04:28) Oh, it's like an annuity, but for them. Yeah. No, I have not. Yeah, you could get it out of Reader's Digest or some of the other magazines. And you could get like six or twelve cassette tapes for a penny. But then you were on the hook for like 40 more over the next two years that cost you a small fortune. (04:49) So they roped you in with these. One of those deals. And then they kept getting money. I don't know how they did it, but they did it somehow. More than likely, there was a Winger in there somewhere, but I can't remember. I was doing things back then that I shouldn't have been, probably. (05:04) Oh. Yeah. Well, we better not chat about that. That's right. Only good Tom stories. That's right. Because today, our last national holiday, happens to be. Oh, yeah. It is National Yadda Yadda Yadda Day. (05:19) Kind of like what we've been doing all hour. Yadda Yadda Yadda Day. That's the official holiday for people who talk in reruns and still expect a standing ovation. Yeah. Where's Bobby when you need him? I know. This would be a good one for Bobby to be here for. Yadda Yadda Yadda Day is that special holiday where we finally admit we've been skipping the middle of every story since the dawn of time. (05:41) And we do it with pride. The whole point is to celebrate the fine art of cutting to the chase. Plans. Apologies. Relationships. Your uncle's business opportunity. Yadda Yadda. You get the idea. People market by ramping up long-winded nonsense into a neat little verbal bow. (06:00) And pretending that counts as growth. It doesn't. But it does save time. And time is the only thing you can't return to the store when you realize you bought a personality on clearance. It's Yadda Yadda Yadda Day, folks. (06:16) So enough Yadda Yadda Yadda from us for now. We're going to take a break. And Dan Diamond's got local news coming up right after this. Gotta love Dan. That's right. Big Dan. Yep. The newsman. He's it, man. It's the B Team Show brought to you by Stripes Pub & Grill in Navarre, Okaloosa Gas at Outkast Sushi at Miramar Beach on 100.3 KROCK. (06:37) Standby for more ROQ. 100.3 KROCK. For those about to ROQ, we salute you this Thursday morning. In Mother Nature, we welcome back humidity to Northwest Florida. Yeah, you can feel it. (06:52) Yep. It was a little sticky out there when I stepped out the front door about 5 o'clock this morning. I thought, ew. It's back. I thought maybe we were having a real early fall. Yeah. It's back, man. It's back. With a vengeance. (07:07) It's back. Was that false fall that we had this last week? You could call it a false fall. Was it a Bertha, Big Bertha brought on fall? Did that have anything to do with it? Bertha's brief fall. Bertha's brief fall. That's a mouthful. (07:22) Say that five times fast. Do it. I'll count. Bertha's brief fall. One. Bertha's brief fall. Two. I just messed it up. Good job, Tom. Good job. Hey, it's the B Team Morning Show. Schuyler Black and No. 1 Benchwarmer Tom Mason filling in for that guy who was off this week. (07:41) Yeah. Guy who doesn't care. Right. The guy that's also going to be off part of next week, too. Is that what he said? Really? Yeah. He came back with an answer? Mm-hmm. Uh-huh. Wow. All right. So that means my paycheck will be better, right? It will. (07:56) Yeah. It will. A hundred times bigger than it was. Wow. That's going to be amazing. Well, it's a hundred times zero. Why do you got to do that, man? I was living the dream for a minute. Well, reality needs to sit down with you. (08:11) It's time. Darn it. 7.07 is the time. Good morning, everybody. We're at 83 degrees right now here in Fort Walton. Highs close to 90 this afternoon. And the sunshine is back. I think maybe that's also part of what made it feel like fall. (08:26) The air was dry the last several days. Yeah. But it's also been such a dark, cloudy... It's like those afternoons, it feels like it's November. Yeah. And the temperature wasn't that... Yeah. (08:41) Yeah. It wasn't that hot. It wasn't that cold. It was nice. Right. It was dry. It just had that cool, late fall type of feel to it. Yeah. Well, reality came back. It's back. It is. It's just a day for reality, isn't it? Sure is. It should have been reality day on the national day calendar. (08:58) Weird. Wouldn't make that suggestion. I know. Who's ever in charge of this stuff? I'm going to fire him. Yeah. Well, I think you should. Or at least give him a week off. Without pay. Without pay. Yeah, there you go. Exactly. It's just for corrective action. (09:13) We've got a lot of stuff going on over the next couple of weeks. Fort Walton Beach Rec Center is going to be hosting a back-to-school event. We'll talk about that coming up throughout the show today. Also, Okaloosa County Commissioners set the tentative millage rate for the new fiscal year. (09:30) We'll dive into that, along with five that were arrested in that Pensacola Beach burglary this last weekend on Blue Angels weekend. Niceville PD, well, they've debunked a fake AI photo of that immigration checkpoint that was going viral here yesterday. (09:48) Really? That was all BS. And Navarre Beach Fire says it's time to raise taxes. Okay. So, we've got a lot to get to here on the B Team Morning Show this morning. Plus whatever Tom decides he wants to talk about. We're going to throw a lot of topics out there today. (10:05) Are we? Yeah. We're going after everything. You've got some surprises up your sleeve, huh? Well, I don't know if they're surprises, but they're surprises to me. So yeah. You going to pull a Tomcat out of the hat? Everybody else probably already knows about it. Oh, and then we get to hear from that guy, too, around 7.45. (10:23) The guy who doesn't care. The guy who doesn't care. Uncle Bobby coming up around 7.45, so we'll get to that in just a little while as well. With the B Team Morning Show, Schuyler Black and Bench Warmer Tom Mason, brought to you by Stripes Pub & Grill in Navarre, Okaloosa Gas at Outkast Sushi, and Miramar Beach on the classic rock station, 100.3 KROCK. (10:46) Brian Adams, run to you. It's the B Team Morning Show on 100.3 KROCK, the classic rock station, Sunshine in Fort Walton. 83 degrees this morning, a high today about 92 this afternoon. (11:01) We'll check that full forecast in just a little bit. Busy weekend here in northwest Florida, especially here in Okaloosa County Saturday. It's the annual All Sports Association golf tournament out at Emerald Bay Golf Course, and yeah, the tournament's full. (11:21) Is it? Yes. I did get news the other day that it's sold out. Well, that's good news. So that is good news. It goes to support a number of great local non-profit organizations that support youth and athletics in our area. (11:36) That's fantastic, man. And I got my 10 raffle tickets all sold. Really? I'd like to give a shout out to Mike Betzel, Betzel Wealth Management in Destin, and Chris Thomas with the Edge Seafood Restaurant in Destin for buying all 10 of my tickets that I had to sell. (11:52) Great people, man. They are. They are good people. And they helped you out, right? Yeah. It's only the third time I've asked each of them for money in the last month, but thanks, guys. You never let me down. And you told them it was for a raffle. I did. I did. (12:07) No, I gave them all the details. Here's what you can win. Oh, man, I'll take five. That's my guy. That's the kind of people you want around here. That's my guy right there. Well, yesterday, the Okaloosa County Commissioners voted 4-1, actually on Tuesday, to hold the county's property tax millage rate at 3.8308 mills for the 11th consecutive year, Get the Coast reported. (12:32) But that was not before a lengthy debate over whether the county should continue funding half of the school resource officer program, a discussion that carried directly into Chairman Trey Goodwin's unsuccessful motion to cut that funding and lower the tax rate. (12:51) Now, near the end of Tuesday's budget workshop, following department presentations, Commissioner Paul Mixon raised concerns about the county's cost-sharing arrangement with the Okaloosa County School District for SROs. The county began funding half of the cost of placing officers in every school back in 2018. (13:11) Now, the county has spent more than $25 million on this program since 2018, and the current year cost at $4.255 million. That was Tom's phone that just fell off the counter. (13:26) And the projected cost for fiscal year 2027, roughly at $4.4 million. Now, the arrangement was intended to be a 50-50 split between the county and the school district, writes Get the Coast, but Paul Mixon said the partnership is no longer balanced. (13:42) He said our partnership is off, we're not 50-50 partners, someone else is paying most of their bill, and they're not contributing to ours. Now the issue, Mixon and other commissioners said, is state Safe Schools funding that has flowed to the school district since 2019. (13:58) Commissioner Carolyn Ketchel cited Department of Education figures showing the district received just shy of $3 million in Safe Schools funding this last year, and $2.954 million for this coming year. (14:14) Hofstad said the Safe Schools money has effectively reduced the school district's out-of-pocket contribution. When the county analyzed the numbers, he said the district was funding roughly $1.7 million of its own share of this nearly $9 million program. (14:33) So I guess my question is, what difference does it make where the money's coming from? The agreement was you would fund half, they would fund half. Yeah, maybe they're getting their half from somewhere else, but does that... It sounds like, yeah, you're right. (14:49) I mean, the commissioners are just kind of salty right now that they aren't getting reimbursed from the state, but the school district is. Right, right. Which, I mean, if you want to change the agreement you've got, that's fine, but you're... (15:05) Because the commissioner's argument was, well, if we change this agreement, then we can look at lowering the millage rate. Okay, well, then the school district's just going to go raise their millage rate to make up the difference. Right, so, you know, I mean, money's going to come from one pocket or another. I don't know. It seems kind of petty to me, but there might be more to it than I don't know about. (15:25) Well, that's the gist of it, and again, you know, it's all... It's politics, man. It's politics. Everybody's trying to look and say, look, we were watching out for the taxpayers' dollar. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Well, all you did was rob Peter to pay Paul. (15:40) Right, right. The money's still coming from... Eventually it comes from the same place, so what difference does it make? I don't know. So, anyway, that was the discussion with the commissioners on Tuesday this week regarding the SRO, that's the in-school officer funding, which is contracted with the Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office. (16:05) Okay. Anyway, that's the update on that, but if you were looking for a tax break this year with the Okaloosa County millage, you ain't getting it. Ain't happening, man. Nope. So, there you go. (16:20) All right, it's 729, we've got another break coming up in just a bit. More stories to get to, including that AI photo that was going around virally yesterday about some ICE immigration checkpoint in Niceville. (16:37) Oh my gosh. Yeah. It just... Fake news. Never ends, man. We'll get to that in just a little bit. Stay with us. It's the B Team Morning Show. 729 is the time. It's 100.3 KROCK. The classic rock station, 100.3 KROCK. It is the B Team Morning Show. (16:54) Schuyler Black and the number one benchwarmer in the world, Tom Mason. It's a fitting song, you know, for this show. Well, that's the song that actually should lead into Ask Uncle Bobby. It should. On the fringe of lunacy. (17:12) We've got your daily advice from that guy coming up in just a little bit. Is it rude or wrong to just call him that guy? That guy? No, I don't think so. Call him... I mean, we can call him whatever we want. We own this. Call him late for supper. (17:27) There you go. Yeah. See? Yeah. Why not? Why not? Why not call the team in the back if we want and see if they agree? Yeah. Let's ask the interns. Hey, guys, what do you think? Raise your hands if you think we'd call him anything we want. Oh, yeah. Definitely. Yeah. (17:43) See? So, yeah. They're on board. Yeah. It's official. The minions say so. Yeah. The minions say so. Hey, next Saturday, August 1st, there's going to be a back-to-school event at the Fort Walton Beach Rec Center. New school year right around the corner, and it's the perfect time to start getting ready. (18:02) Nearly 30 local businesses and organizations are teaming up for a back-to-school community event next Saturday, August 1st from 10 to 2 at the Fort Walton Rec Center, 132 Jet Drive. The event is designed for students from kindergarten all the way through 12th grade, but parents are encouraged to attend as well. (18:20) This is more than just a backpack giveaway. It's an opportunity for families to connect with organizations that offer year-round support and services. So, we've got more details on that event at our website, thebteamshow.com. (18:36) Very cool. All right. Tom and I will be back in just a bit with Uncle Bobby after the sticks on 100.3 KROCK. Hi. The Classic Rock Station, 100.3 KROCK. (18:51) It is Thursday morning, and it's the time of the morning where, well, we all get edumacated. Mm-hmm. That's right. The wisest advice in Northwest Florida comes from the one DewBob himself. It is Ask Uncle Bobby Weekday Mornings right around this time at 745, stitched together by our friends at Buy TomCat Custom Apparel. (19:13) You know, the first question asked at every event is, where do I check in? Matching shirts answers that before anybody asks. TomCat can help. That's right. Today, Uncle Bobby, your question comes in from the Bouquet Budget Bandit. (19:29) Mm-hmm. Dear Uncle Bobby, I keep seeing people do DIY weddings to save money. Now I'm hearing about DIY divorces, too. Is it actually smart to handle something that big without professionals? (19:45) Smart? Yeah. Absolutely. I mean, if your goal is to turn the two biggest legal events of your adult life into a craft project you finish at 2.14 a.m. with one eye twitching in a printer that smells like melting regret. You know, I mean, look, back in the... professionals for important moments. You know, you paid a caterer so nobody got salmonella. You paid a photographer so your memories weren't shot on a phone with a cracked lens and a thumb in the corner. You paid a lawyer so your marriage didn't end up, didn't end because you checked the wrong box and accidentally granted your ex custody of the air fryer. Now, oh yeah, folks want the full handcrafted experience. They're out here hot gluing their own center pieces like they're building the Great Pyramid out of mason jars. (20:30) Fine, fine. But then they take the same energy into court. They stroll into the legal system with a binder full of tab dividers and optimism like the judge is going to say, wow, great font choice, case dismissed, you're free. Look, here's the beauty of it. A DIY wedding is you trying to save money by becoming a one person event company. A DIY divorce is you trying to save money by becoming a one person legal department while emotionally on fire. You know, it's like performing your own root canal because dental work is expensive. Yeah, sure, you're being frugal. You're also one slip away from reinventing pain, okay? (21:10) And the best part, you don't actually save money. You just convert it into new currencies. You know, missed deadlines, wrong paperwork, extra court dates. In that special little fee you pay when the system decides you need to learn a lesson in humility. So if you want my blessing, go all the way. DIY the vows, DIY the prenup, and DIY the divorce. Make it one continuous home improvement project where the house is your life and you keep knocking down load-bearing walls with a glue gun. Well, there's some animation this morning. You know, I mean, just sometimes. Come on, people. The bouquet budget bandit has his response. (21:50) All right, if you missed today's Ask Uncle Bobby, any past episodes, you can all find them online at thebeteamshow.com. Of course, if you go to dewbob.com, D-E-W-B-O-B.com, you can find the past episodes and your exclusive Dew Bob merch. That's right. It's all right there. We want to see you all rocking a Dew Bob shirt here before too long. Should be. I know my pocket would like to see that. All right, it's Ask Uncle Bobby weekday mornings around 745 stitched together byTomCat Custom Apparel. By Tomcat Custom Apparel, where the apparel is made custom for you. That is just a fantastic slogan. Quick break and news is next on 100.3 KROCK. 92 and look at that temp just increase every single damn day through the weekend. Ooh, 98, 99 on Monday. Wow. Tuesday we cool down. Oh yeah, back to 98. Exactly. It's going to be a hot last week of July. Yeah, so it's not the blustery days like it was a couple days ago. No, it's not. No, it's not. By the way, next Saturday is the first of August, which means that we're like two weeks out from high school football. Oh, wow. (23:08) I know. Can you imagine playing football at 99 degree heat? No, no, I can't. I don't even want to go sit out in 99 degree heat and watch football. Those poor kids. By the way, we've got a bunch of high school football schedules on our website at thebteamshow.com or krockfwb.com. Just click on the events tab, but we've got a bunch of high school schedules up there. Of course, this year, play-by-play, all season long, the Choctaw Big Green Indians on 94.3 FTW and the Niceville Eagles, play-by-play, home and away, all season long on 103.7 The Tickets. Well, Tom, I tilted the screen your way just to show you this AI generated photo that was circulating, and it looks like Highway 20 right by Emerald Coast Marine in Niceville. Yeah, it looks legit. Right, exactly. So if you saw this yesterday, there was a picture going around of an immigration checkpoint with ICE officers in Niceville. Well, AI has struck again, reports Channel 3 WEAR. The Niceville Police Department is sounding the alarm after an image of a fake immigration checkpoint made rounds on social media. (24:22) Now, Police Chief Marques said that this is a first for Niceville. Police officers, cars pulled over at a sign that reads, Immigration Checkpoint Ahead, and all this at the intersection of Highways 20 and 85. At first glance, it all seems legit, but in reality, this photo was made with AI, and Hayes said that he started receiving calls almost immediately from other agencies and the public wanting to know if it was real. Other agencies! That's pretty bad when you're fooling other agencies out there. Now, while the location is absolutely real, the rest is fake, and Hayes says he hasn't ever seen immigration enforcement in the community and doesn't expect it. Within an hour of seeing the photo, Hayes says he sent officers to check out the scene. The department later set the record straight with this post on Facebook. The keyboard warriors out there spread this disinformation and stuff like it constantly. It's almost, at this point, uncontrollable, and people don't know what to believe. Now, Hayes says these types of photos can lead to unfortunate outcomes, and for AI experts, the spread of fake photos ruins trust. Exactly. So again, going back to what we talked about yesterday, is AI can do some really cool things, but it's human interference, it's human decisions that are using AI that kind of give it this bad rap. And that's true with just about anything, but yeah, it does exactly what you said. It erodes trust when the police are trying to put out bulletins or notifications or something like that, that something's awry or a foul, or that it's just something you need to know about. And unfortunately, things like this happen, and people start to not believe, and it ends up hurting them where they need to know about something. Exactly. Well, and you know what? In the year of 2026, and this was a survey that came out earlier this year, in the year 2026, what is the most trusted media in the U.S.? I would have to guess some kind of social media like Facebook or something like that. The most trusted is AM, FM, radio. Really? Still. Good to know. Yeah. And I guess the way I thought your question was posed was, you know, people trust these outlets for news when they really shouldn't. Right. Exactly. Yeah. So here we go. That's a great bit of information. Well, and you know, in Navarre, there's this satire page called City of Navarre News, okay? Well, there is no City of Navarre. It's an unincorporated community. It's just part of the Santa Rosa County. But there is this City of Navarre News page that comes out with these ridiculous stories. (27:36) Yeah. Right? Far-fetched, but also not so far-fetched that you couldn't say, no way in hell. But it just causes chaos. And I've seen friends, mutual friends that we have sharing this out like, this is crazy. Why would they do this? Yeah. Yeah, it's amazing. Right. And people buy into it a lot of times, which is really sad. They sure do. So, I mean, you've got, there's satire pages all over. And it's somebody's attempt at trying to be the Babylon Bee, right? (28:13) Right. Or, if you're on the other end of the political spectrum, the Onion. Right. But you know those ones are running fake. You know, it's all about getting clicks and getting people to read it. And it's for entertainment purposes. So you expect it when you go to those outlets and look at those things. (28:31) Exactly. But some of these try to pass themselves off as legitimate, and that's the bad part. Right. So anyway, if you did see that circulating yesterday on social media, it's all BS. Well, there was no immigration checkpoint in Niceville. I wonder why they did it. Why would you do something like that? (28:54) Well, yeah. What was the goal? Exactly. Right. What were you trying to accomplish by doing that, outside of causing upset people and hysteria? Right. Who knows? (29:09) I don't know. I guess you'd have to go to the source and figure that out. And I don't think there's anything in there about the source and where it actually came from. No, there's not. All right. It's 8-11. This is the B Team Morning Show. Schuyler Black and Tom Mason brought to you by Stripes Pub & Grill in Navarre, Okaloosa Gas at Outkast Sushi in Miramar Beach on 100.3 KROCK, the Classic Rock Station. Yeah. No return. Not coming back. If you locked in your dial right here, what I need you to do is grab that knob and re-yank it right off your dash. (29:42) Yeah. Throw it away, man. Don't need it. Yeah. You're here. You can't get any better than this. That's right. You're not going to tune it upwards. It's just this is it. We are the B Team. Schuyler Black and Tom Mason filling in this week for that guy. Yeah. And it doesn't get any better than this. (29:59) And when that guy's not here, Brandon's gone. No more Brandon. You think he gets mad that we call him that? Do we care? No. No. No, we don't. In fact, if he does, that makes it even better, right? Exactly. That's the best part about it. (30:20) It's the B Team Morning Show brought to you by Stripes Pub & Grill at Navarre, Usa Gas and Outkast Sushi in Miramar Beach. Coming out of Navarre Beach yesterday, WEAR Channel 3 reports that for the first time in 10 years, Navarre Beach residents will see an increase in their fire assessment tax. (30:40) That's right. Chief John Kanzig sent a letter to property owners saying the district is facing serious financial trouble. He says this increase is needed to cover not only rising costs, but the station's ongoing financial troubles. Residents say the department has not been transparent about their finances. (30:58) Chief Kanzig says the fire board recently learned the full extent of those problems. Kanzig wrote, the department is facing a significant financial deficit, and we realized the last couple of months that our revenues and our reserves were going to cross the line this year. (31:14) And previously, we had overspent our budget every single year, but we had money in reserves to cover those expenses. Kanzig said four years ago, the department had about $500,000 in reserves. Now, that's about gone. Well, he says the reserves were spent on operating expenses for the station. (31:32) Now, in the letter, he accuses former Chief Danny Fury of failing to be transparent and using reserve funds to cover recurring operating expenses. He gave a full statement to WEAR. The narrative being presented ignores how the district's finances have always operated. (31:49) The budget is a zero-based budget. That concludes on September 30th each fiscal year. Historically, funds have been transferred on or about October 2nd to support the management of the Beach Safety Division until ad valorem tax revenues begin arriving in November. (32:06) Now, once those revenues are received, the reserves are replenished. And this has been the district's longstanding financial practice, and the treasurer has always been aware of this process. But as of April 1st, exactly halfway through the fiscal year, the district was operating at 50% of its approved budget, precisely where it should have been. (32:25) District reserves have always existed to address major unanticipated expenses that cannot reasonably be forecast during the budgeting process. And this is the purpose of maintaining reserve funds. Now, when evaluating the district's financial position as of September 30th, there are no ongoing recurring obligations beyond normal payroll and insurance expenses that come due during the transition into the new fiscal year, and suggesting otherwise demonstrates either a misunderstanding of how the district's budgeting process functions or a misrepresentation of the facts. (33:00) Now, Kanzig says another major financial hurdle is the area's lack of growth. If you may remember from earlier this year, former Fire Chief for Navarre Beach, Danny Fury, was fired after being arrested twice on unrelated charges. (33:22) Kanzig says Navarre Beach has not had any growth, there's no cranes on our beach building, anything extravagant in a long time, so we've had no growth. We've had eight houses built last year, and that only brings in about $3,500, and we have a 17% increase in health insurance, general liability insurance, payroll. (33:42) Those are all major expenses. Now, Kevin Rudzki, owner of Juana's on the beach, says the department needs to be more transparent. He said, I think we've been lacking some transparency from the board, between the board and the chief, and I think it's going forward, that's where they need to focus. (34:01) The fire board has now approved increasing annual fire fees by $27. It also approved a $300,000 line of credit to cover operating expenses for the next few months. So, the current chief, Kanzig, says the fire district is also freezing travel spending, hiring part-time firefighters to reduce OT costs, and conducting a top-to-bottom review of department expenses. (34:28) The next board meeting for Navarre Beach Fire is scheduled for August. So, a lot going on there. Yeah. Boy, that was a bunch. It was a bunch going on there. But, yeah, just catch up. Navarre Beach Fire basically has lost all of their reserve fund. (34:45) Wow. You know, I used to work with some of those guys years ago, and I was amazed, I don't know if it's still the same way now, but at how little they made as an annual salary, you know, for the work that they do. Exactly. I mean, just completely floored that that's all they get. (35:03) Most of those guys have second jobs or run businesses and stuff like that, just to kind of offset the cost of living, you know? Now, if you live in south Santa Rosa County, you probably already know this, but Navarre Beach Fire just covers the island, just covers the beach, right? (35:20) Yeah. Holley-Navarre Fire covers north of the Sound. Right. And I believe in August, residents in the Holley-Navarre Fire Control District will be voting on a millage increase because Holley-Navarre Fire is currently at the state's minimum wage. (35:40) Yeah. And that's, I mean, man, for the job they do, that's just not enough. I don't know how you live around here with that, honestly. I don't. Exactly. Yeah. Anyway, that's the update on Navarre Beach Fire this morning. (35:58) We've got to take a break, pay a couple bills, and we've got our final half hour of the B Team show coming up before we get into the encore hour at 9. Yeah, because I'm kind of wore out right now. Need a breather? I need a breather, man. Okay. We've been going, going, going. All right. 844 on a beautiful, sunshiny Thursday morning. (36:17) 85 degrees here in Destin-Fort Walton Beach, a high of 92 today. It's the B Team morning show. Schuyler Black and Tom Mason. Quick story for you coming out of Pensacola Beach. This last weekend during the Blue Angels weekend, five people were involved in a burglary at Krabs on Pensacola Beach, and they have been arrested in connection with that case, according to the Escambia County Sheriff's Office. (36:43) Authorities say the suspects were apprehended across three locations, including Harrison County, Mississippi, which is Biloxi Golf Court, two in Baldwin County, Alabama, so Foley, Orange Beach, Gulf Shores, and then one in Mobile County. (36:59) Following an investigation into the break-in, during which burglars allegedly targeted a restaurant safe containing deposit money, investigators also recovered a large amount of cash, along with items including a mask, gloves, power tools, and pot. (37:16) All the things you need. Yeah, the pot's definitely one you need, too. Right, right. Now the Sheriff's Office has not yet released the suspects' identities, and the investigation remains ongoing at this point. They have solved that one, it does seem like. (37:33) All right. Wow. Two more songs, and then we get to say bye and into the encore hour? Into the encore hour, yeah. That's right. It's the B Team Morning Show with ZZ Top on 100.3 KROCK. (37:49) Opinions and just enough coffee to function, barely. Damn it, Bobby, this just ain't right. The B Team Morning Show on 100.3 KROCK. It's a hot summer's day. (38:28) I'm in love, yeah, yeah. It's every minute of June. And to the next thing that walks by, yeah, yeah. I think I'm in love, too. (38:44) Oh, I, I can't help myself. But I just lose my head. Every time I see you walkin' by. And in the hallway, I go around. (39:05) I never come down when you're low. She's hot. I take a whiggin'. Oh, that's sick. (39:20) You can read my body language, yeah. A million miles away. So come on, yeah, yeah. Come on, just a bit, a bit too strong. (39:35) But I just like to pretend, yes, that I can handle more. No time, time to catch my breath. So please don't hate me, yes. (39:52) It doesn't matter if it's day or night. And now the whole world's going round But when you lift me up I'll never come down No, no And I'm... (40:31) Wow! Tell me again I'm a diamond Ooh, baby And now the whole world's going round I'm a diamond Yeah, yeah I'll never come down No, no, no I'm a diamond Ooh, baby And now the whole world's going round But when you lift me up I'll never come down No, no Cause I'm a diamond Cause I'm a diamond Cause I'm a diamond Music from Y&T Summertime Girls on the classic rock station 100.3 KROCK And we're out of time It's 8.52 Wow, this day's gone by fast Don't they all? (41:28) Really has Do they go by faster when you're with me Versus when you're with Bobby? What show is more enjoyable and goes by quicker? I mean, judging, especially about today It's definitely faster with you Yeah And folks, his nose is not even growing Cause, I mean, it's a different show than with that other guy With that guy Uh-huh No, it's good, man Yeah But it has, it's gone by fast I think there's a few days, late September, early October Where you're gonna be dealing with that guy Really? (42:07) Yeah Oh, man, you going on vacation again? Again? Two a year? You're wintering somewhere, you're summering somewhere Isn't that a sign you were wealthy, you grew up wealthy? Oh, yeah You wintered or summered anywhere? (42:22) Yeah Be wealthy in Somalia, maybe No, not by the Somalian-Americans, though No, no, oh, God, no That's a different level of wealth right there They're living large, man Well, they're running those leering centers That's right You run a leering center, you're gonna do well I still can't believe that I know Unbelievable We can still get a good laugh out of it And we still do Yeah, we still do And that's a wrap on today's B Team Redux