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I'm Schuyler Black, he's Bobby Dewrell, this is the B Team Morning Show, and it's brought to you by our friends at Stripes Pub & Grill in Navarre, as well as Okaloosa Gas and Outkast Sushi in Miramar Beach. Golf temp this morning is at 87 degrees, so still quite warm. And we're going to see highs in the low to mid 90s all week long, so as kids get back into the classroom, it's going to be a hot start to the school year. Alright, we'll get to talking about high school football here in just a little while. We'll preview what we've got coming up games-wise, and we'll also talk about our upcoming guest. Friday morning, Crestviews Head Coach Thomas Grant is going to be joining us around 8 a.m. on Friday. Coming up in just a few, Boston, Billy Squire, and more. In the meantime, Aerosmith and Ragdoll. It's the B Team Morning Show on 100.3 KROCK. (11:46) Jeff Leppard this morning on the Classic Rock Station, 100.3 KROCK. Bobby, it's a beautiful morning out here in South Okaloosa County. 79 degrees, a high today of about 91, and pretty much no rain in the forecast today. So, going to be hot and humid, but first day of school, so if you have parents and kids on their way to school this morning, just give yourself a little extra time if you're making those morning commutes. Understand that in Fort Walton, Iceville, and Crestview, those school zone speed cameras are turned back on today. So, just a heads up. Trying to get everybody back into the swing of things, into the back-to-school routine, so things are going to look a little bit different on your morning and afternoon commute. How are you doing today? (12:35) You know, I'm here, man. Yeah? Yeah, I'm here. You having the time of your life? Sure, let's go with that direction. Well, if you want to have the time of your life tonight, Bobby, you can attend the Fort Walton Beach City Council meetings. Oh, no, I'm good. (12:50) No? So, tonight, Fort Walton Beach City Council will meet in two different meetings at 4pm, a workshop of the 2027 fiscal year city budget. There's two items on the agenda for that tonight. (13:06) The first one would be the discussion of outsourcing sports providers for youth sports, and the second would be the proposed fiscal year 26-27 comprehensive budget. So, that'll be the discussion tonight on the agenda for the 4 o'clock workshop, and then at 6 o'clock, you're going to have the regular meeting, which includes awarding an asphalt paving bid for 2027. Also, a resolution of making appointments to the Okaloosa County Affordable Housing Committee, as well as talking about cottage businesses, right? The home-based businesses that have been such a hot-button issue the last couple of weeks, where you've got people selling chocolate chip cookies or lemonade on a street corner. (13:59) How dare they? I know. Isn't that just awful? The jerks. Oh, my God. The kids have a lemonade stand, but you get them, Karen. You get them. Don't teach them. Don't teach them capitalism. Also, a two-year lease extension for the golf course restaurant out there at the Muni. And there's several other things, including requesting to amend Phase 4 of the landing, which would address parking restrooms and trash receptacles down at the landing, which would be the final phase of that remodel of the landing park. (14:44) And then they're also going to discuss purchasing of vehicles for this next year's city budget, including Action Truck Center, Dothan, Alabama, in the amount of $424,000, and 10 vehicles from Duval Ford over in Jacksonville for $543,000. So that and many other things on the agenda. (15:06) And tonight at the Fort Walton Beach City Council meeting, and we've got the links to both of those agendas. If you go to thebteamshow.com, click on the show notes tab around 8 o'clock this morning, we'll have it all up there for you to check out. All right, so coming up in just a little bit, Get the Coast had an interview with the Okaloosa County Commissioner, Carolyn Ketchel. We'll read through some of her remarks and statements from that interview on how the ad valorem bill, if it's passed in November with a 60% majority, how that could change things here in Okaloosa County from her perspective. So that's coming up in just a little while. All right, it's 725. A quick break. More nonstop classic rock is coming up. Plus, in about 20 minutes, you're going to get the brightest three minutes of your morning. Ask Uncle Bobby. All on the way. Stay with us right here on the B Team Morning Show with 100.3 KROCK. Well, there's rush and subdivisions. 100.3 KROCK. You know what subdivisions lead to? HOA fees. Good morning, everybody. How you doing? I'm Schuyler Black. He's Bobby Dewrell. This is the B Team Morning Show. A beautiful sunshine here in Fort Walton Beach this morning. 79 degrees, 91 going to be our high this afternoon. (16:31) And really not much of a breeze at all today. Winds right now out of the north. The website says it's out of the north right now at zero. Well, how is that out of the north if it's at zero? I know, right? But rather calm conditions today. We'll check your marine report here in just a little bit if you want to get out and go fishing today. Also, we'll check local news here in just a little while. Today, the city of Fort Walton Beach is beginning resurfacing projects on a number of area streets around town. I don't know if you've seen this yet, Bobby, but the apartment complex at Williams Street and Alabama Avenue is going to be undergoing some resurfacing work there. Kepner Drive, Okaloosa Road to Choctawhatchee Road. Over on Lynn Stew as well and Okaloosa Road from Kepner to Hollywood. So there's going to be, you know, work is weather dependent, although the forecast looks great. It's expected to take about two days in each location. So as you also make those morning and afternoon commutes today and you may live in some of those neighborhoods, just expect there to be some road construction associated with those projects. Coming up here in the next ten minutes, we've got your advice from Uncle Bobby on the way. Plus, just after eight o'clock, we'll go through what Okaloosa County Commissioner Carolyn Ketchell outlined and how she sees the proposed homestead tax exemption affecting residents and services of Okaloosa County. (18:13) So we'll get to that here in just a little while. On the way, like I said, in the next ten minutes, ask Uncle Bobby and he'll look at your forecast. Right now, as Steve Dudley drives around in a City of Fort Walton Beach sanitation truck, he's cranking this one up. (18:31) Forerunner Urgent at 741. This is the BT Morning Show on 100.3 KROCK. Licking it up with KISS on the Classic Rock Station, 100.3 KROCK at 748 on this beautiful Tuesday morning. First day of school here in Okaloosa County. I'm Schuyler Black. The BT Morning Show is on the air, brought to you by Stripes Pub & Grill in Navarre, Okaloosa Gas, and Outkast Sushi in Miramar Beach. But the music in the background tells us it's time to hear from the wisest guy in the building. It's time to hear from Bobby Dewrell. Ask Uncle Bobby, all brought to you by Hard Rock Bet. That's right. The 330 fights go down this Saturday and you can step into the cage all night long on Hard Rock Bet. Whether you're stacking underdogs for a big payday or you just like betting on knockouts, Hard Rock Bet is Florida's only legal way to bet MMA. It's offered by the Seminole Tribe of Florida. It must be 21 or over to be physically present in Florida to wager. Terms and conditions apply. Concerned about your gambling? Call or text 1-833-PLAYWISE. Uncle Bobby, you've got a short question today. It comes in from the Crouton Fame Seeker. Dear Uncle Bobby, is becoming a human meme actually worth it? Or is it just embarrassing in the long run? Worth it? Absolutely. (19:59) Look, the modern American dream isn't a house with a porch. It's getting recognized by strangers for something you did by accident while your brain was off-duty. You know, that's the whole point now. See, you don't become famous by being good. You become famous by being repeatable. (20:15) You become a sound, a face, a mistake that the internet can stencil onto a thousand situations like a cheap tattoo. And here's the beautiful part. If you become a meme for something inane, you're untouchable. See, nobody can demand excellence from you. They can't ask you to write a book. They can't ask you to solve anything. Your only job is to keep showing up as the same little glitch in reality. See, your entire brand is a shrug with subtitles. (20:45) That's job security, baby. People have built empires on less. Entire political careers are basically one expression and a bad microphone. See, look, now, will it be embarrassing? Well, sure, sure. But embarrassment is just fame without a paycheck. See, you fix that by leaning in until it becomes infrastructure. You walk into a room and people whisper because you're the guy who dropped the lasagna or the woman who yelled at a bird or the legend who tripped while holding a lamp. Congratulations. You're not a person anymore. You're a public utility. You're how strangers communicate feelings they can't name. And look, if you escape it, well, that's when it gets ugly because you don't quit being a meme. Oh, no, the meme quits you. You wake up one day and nobody points. Nobody smiles. The teenagers don't know your face. Silence. (21:47) Like a retired superhero hearing the city go quiet. So, yes, it's worth it. Just understand the deal. You get instant immortality, but only in the shape of your dumbest moment. And that's the trade. Sign it with both hands. All right. There's your response, crouton fame seeker this morning. Now, if you missed Uncle Bobby yesterday or last week, you can find all the past episodes online at The B Team show dot com. Or if you go to do Bob dot com, you can find the past episodes there and get your exclusive do Bob merch. (22:26) If you don't have at least one piece of do Bob merch, then you're failing at life. Don't fail. Uncle Bobby, get over there and snag it up before it's gone. All right. There you go. That's Ask Uncle Bobby this morning. Brought to you by Hard Rock Bet. (22:43) It's seven fifty three. A quick break. A look at news is coming up next, and we'll be back in just a bit on one hundred point three KROCK one hundred point three KROCK, the classic rock station, Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young and Woodstock just after eight o'clock. (22:59) It's The B Team morning show on one hundred point three KROCK brought to you by Stripes Pub and Grill in Navarre, Okaloosa Gas and Outkast Sushi in Miramar Beach. Well, Bobby, Get the Coast had a story this morning on an interview they had with Okaloosa County Commissioner Carolyn Ketchel and proposed constitutional amendments that will all be on the ballot that will vote on in November would exempt homestead properties from property taxation. And that could strip tens of millions of dollars from Okaloosa County's general fund and force the elimination or reduction of services ranging from public safety to parks and more, says District two County Commissioner Carolyn Ketchel. Now, the amendment will appear on the November 3rd ballot. It does require at least 60 percent of voters to pass. Now, according to Ketchel's analysis, the county's general fund would lose about fourteen and a half million dollars in the first year and roughly twenty four million dollars by year two. Now, the second year impact, she says, would leave approximately two and a half million dollars to fund county services beyond core obligations. Those figures are consistent with warnings that county administrator John Hofstad delivered during budget workshops this summer. Hofstad told commissioners the amendment could cut property tax revenue by 23 percent here in Okaloosa County. Now, the county's current property tax millage rate is 3.8308 mills, which generates about 114 million dollars in annual revenue. (24:42) An additional 3.8 million comes from the non-countywide municipal service taxing unit with a rate at 0.2880 mills, bringing the total general fund revenue to approximately 118.7 million. Now, Ketchel says the general fund pays for services residents have come to expect from county government and that the proposed amendment would put many of them at risk. Okay, so and maybe I missed it. I was trying to pay attention, but it was a lot of numbers there. But here's what I'm tired of hearing from our damn local councilmen and everybody else. What's it going to cost? Yeah, these are all just hypotheticals, right? What's it going to cost? We know what the constitutional amendment is. You have the friggin' assessment values. You know what it is. (25:31) What is it going to cost? So we've been raising 118 million. Now we're only going to get blah. 104 million. But nobody will say that. So until you start saying that, I just don't want to hear you complain about it anymore. Yeah, I wish they would just come out with here are the programs that are on the chomping block, right? Just here's what it's going to cost. (25:51) Here's what it's going to cost and here's the revenue that we have to make up by some other means. Or we're going to cut services because cutting services isn't the only option. There is also, you know, alternative revenue generation. Sure. Taxing on boat ramps and public parking. Yeah. I mean, there's multiple more ways, but give a damn plan. I mean, we're sitting around pissing and moaning about it and I'm about fed up with it. (26:19) So here is what she said. A common question is, is why the county can't simply use other revenue sources to fill the gap? She says it doesn't work that way. Now, enterprise funds generated by departments such as the airports, water and sewer and tourism are restricted by state legislature and by law to their respective operations. So tourism dollars cannot be used to build roads and airport revenue cannot fund lifeguards. (26:45) So in the July 7th budget workshop, Hofstad made that same point. He said, I can't take water and sewer dollars or airport dollars or TDD dollars and balance the general fund budget. I'm not asking him to do that. (27:01) I'm saying quantify the impact. You know what I mean? Specific examples of what's going on. What's the impact? Right. Hey, this is how many homes we have. When this changes, we're going to go from this revenue off ad valorem to this revenue. Where's that number? (27:17) Who's, who's given us that? Well, Ketchell did say it was $14.7 million is the, that would be the drop in property tax revenue. So 14.7 million. So that, so we've got to figure out a different way to come up with 14.7 million or we've got to cut 14.7 million in services. Right. Okay. That's all I'm asking. Simple as that. So the uncertainty around the ballot measure has factored into recent commission decisions during an August 4th meeting, the county's new in-house animal control operation Ketchell tied to the county's cautious approach directly to the amendment. She said the issue is for us is cost. (27:57) We're all nervous about every aspect of county government because we're not going to have the money for services that we currently have, let alone beginning new services. Right. Because as we talked about off the air just a little while ago, pause is going away from animal control. And in a July 21 discussion over the county's school resource officer funding Ketchell pushed back against the proposal to lower the millage rate, calling the November measure, the overriding concern. So no additional funding is expected. Ketchell said voters should not expect the state to backfill lost local revenue. Now we were in a meeting last week where state rep Pat Maney discussed Florida's 67 counties. And you've got 29 of the 67 that are what are underperforming. (28:45) Yeah. Financially constrained, I think is what they technically call it. But you want to explain how that works? Well, yeah. I mean, it was the last time that we had an increase in the ad valorem tax that we 29 of the counties became financially constrained, meaning that the state has to provide them money to stay in existence. Right. It's a welfare system. Right. (29:05) So that means that we're actually paying more because of what we pay to the state in our state taxes. We're actually paying more to keep those counties alive. And and this change is going to make more financially constrained counties. Right. I mean, because look at Lincoln and Holmes and how even probably Washington County. I mean, look at those three, right? Even Gulf County three right there. I mean, how many homes do you think they have over two hundred and fifty thousand? And how many investment properties do you think they have? You sort of mean very few. (29:36) They're going to be impacted. Right. So, I mean, that's that's one thing there. Uh, you know, I still come back to you. I just don't think we've we've quantified the problem. I don't think we're consistently quantifying the problem. And, you know, 14 million is a loss in revenue. And again, what's the what's the total general fund revenue? It's over 200 million. (29:58) No, it's about. 118 million. So I mean, you know, we're talking a little over 10% or actually a little under 10%, 118 million. We're going to lose 14. Yeah. A little over 10%, a little over 10% of revenue. (30:16) So, I mean, yeah, that's, that's a, that's a, that's a slap in the face, but, okay, what are we going to do about it? Right. You know, this is, this is what has to go on the chopping block. Well, it's, it's on the ballot, right? You can't take it off the ballot at this point. So no, you can't take it off the ballot. You just be prepared for it. And just say, Hey, if this passes, this is going. (30:31) Right. And be, and be transparent and frank about that. Right. The, these are the things that are going, you know, not, oh, we'll have to figure out what we'll do. No. What are you going to do? What's your plan? We paid you to be in office to have a plan. What's your plan? (30:47) I mean, it just seems that that's simple, but when you, when you brought up the point about the underperforming counties and that Okaloosa County would then be subsidizing some of these smaller, more rural counties because they can't provide their own services the scary thing to me is that is the opposite of conservatism, right? (31:06) That is, that is, that is a big government philosophy where, where we have less local control in what we do. And we're, we're supporting counties, 200 miles away that can't, can't get an ambulance across their County. (31:21) Yeah. So anyway there is a lot to, to you know, digest with this whole thing. And I think having these conversations more and more is going to be important. I actually got an email from Pat Maney's office. They would like to come in and chat with us about it a little bit too. (31:38) Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. I mean, I'm, I'm happy to have him in. I'm, and for the record, I'm happy to have any of the County commissioners in and let's, let's talk about it, but I'm sorry, I'm to the point. I'm going to start getting pointed about this stuff. Make just, this is what we need to do, period. (31:53) Like just have the conversation, quit complaining about it. I'm just, there's just a lot of hypotheticals at the moment. And I think you're looking for some direct, what are direct cuts that we're going to see? So anyway, that's what we've got on that at the moment. (32:11) It's The B Team morning show. I'll look at your forecast coming up in the next 10 minutes. Right now, Don Henley on the BT morning show with 100.3 KROCK. I've been in a beautiful sunshine this morning in South Okaloosa County. We're at, uh, 83 degrees right now. (32:27) Uh, heat index making it feel quite warm though. 91 going to be our high this afternoon. A full look at your forecast coming up in just a little bit. Schuyler black and Bobby Dewrell, The B Team morning show on the air, brought to you by stripes pub and grill in Novar, as well as Okaloosa gas at outcast sushi and Miramar beach. (32:44) I did not see this until this morning, but, uh, newly released text messages from Dr. Anthony Fauci's government phone. Have you seen this now show that in early 2021, he and other top officials privately discussed possible risk of the COVID COVID-19 vaccines for pregnant women. (33:08) Yeah. Found. She wrote that the fever and strong immune response. Some people experienced after the second shot theoretically could be associated with miscarriage in the first trimester. Now, CDC director, Dr. Rochelle Walensky replied that it was definitely a good point while Vivek Murphy called it a really good point. (33:28) The next day, Fauci also noted that more than 10,000 pregnant women had already been vaccinated with no issues and said that possible vaccine risk had been, had to be weighed against the dangers of COVID-19 during pregnancy. The texts were released by senators, Ron Johnson and Rand Paul yesterday who say they're investigating whether records were deleted. (33:49) Johnson says it's too early to determine whether any data has been deleted after noting that the phone contained only three named contacts out of more than 34,000 text messages and 522 voicemails. So interesting. (34:04) All right. It's eight 29, a quick break on the way. Blue Oyster, Colt, the cars, AC, DC, and rats all on the way in the second half of the eight o'clock hour. It's the BT morning show on 100.3 KROCK. The classic rock station football season. (34:20) Just about here. Quick reminder, Bambi and I are going to be joined by Thomas Grant, the head coach of the Crestview Bulldogs Friday morning, right here on the BT morning show during the eight o'clock hour. So looking forward to chatting with him. Yeah, yeah. It should be fun. It should be fun. Well, uh, what's new in the world of, uh, sports betting? (34:38) Do you have friends? I know you don't know. Come on. Don't ask rhetorical questions. I know. Well, if you got friends, you can refer them to hard rock bet and you'll both score a bonus bet up to $50. That's up to $50 for you up to $50 for them. You bet together, went together and get the party started on hard rock bet. (34:56) It's payable in bonus bets. It's not a cash offer. It's offered by the Seminole tribe of Florida, Florida. You must be 21 and over and physically present in Florida to wage your terms and conditions apply concerned about your gambling. We'll call or text 1 8 3 3 play wise. All right. Well, after you, uh, after you place your sports bets, let's go ahead and have a drink on me. (35:16) Probably all in soccer. How did Miami win the championship again? I have no idea with the goat, the sidewinder. I don't know. Something like that. It's the BT morning show on a Tuesday morning, beautiful sunshine in Fort Walton with AC, DC on 100.3 KROCK 0.3 KROCK, the classic rock station. (35:40) It's a eight 49 on this Tuesday morning, which means the BT morning show is well, kind of out of time. I know we're going to have to dance into the nine o'clock hour, which is the encore hour where we get a preview local events and happenings coming up. (35:57) But, uh, the show itself for today is over. If you missed anything that Bobby and I talked about on the air, you can find it all online at The B Team show.com from local news and events to, uh, well, your wacky news, national holidays, your daily ask uncle Bobby feature and the show on demand. (36:14) It's all at The B Team show.com. Want to thank our sponsors stripes, pub and grill in Navarre, as well as Okaloosa gas at outcast sushi and Miramar beach. Hope you all have a safe and enjoyable rest of your Tuesday. I'm scattered black, Bobby Dewrell do what you gotta do. Hey folks. (36:29) Thanks for joining the BT morning show. Your leading alternative to quality programming right here on the Emerald coast. Now we know you have a choice in what you listen to each and every day. And we appreciate the fact that you settled in on this wild ride that we call the morning show. But it's come that time of day, we got to mosey on out of here. So you keep on rocking, keep on rolling. (36:44) Never settle for the ordinary till the next time The B Team is out. And that's a wrap on today's B team redux.