J&M, if you're listening.

Yeah, really.

Okay, so this is why my fishing report is so valuable, because I don't know what I'm doing.

So coming from, you know, freshwater to saltwater, over the last three years, I've been working really hard trying to learn what's going on.

So I can't really tell you what's... what's biting, because I don't even know what I catch when I catch it, but I can tell you, you know, some things that I've learned, and so let me think.

Well, things I want to learn, okay? Did you know that there are a bigillion kinds of knots that you can tie online? I didn't know.

I only have ever done the one that my great-great-grandfather passed down to all my uncles and my dad.

Mm-hmm.

J&M, if you're listening.

Yeah, really.

Okay, so this is why my fishing report is so valuable, because I don't know what I'm doing.

So coming from, you know, freshwater to saltwater, over the last three years, I've been working really hard trying to learn what's going on.

So I can't really tell you what's what's biting, because I don't even know what I catch when I catch it, but I can tell you, you know, some things that I've learned, and so let me think.

Well, things I want to learn, okay? Did you know that there are a bigillion kinds of knots that you can tie online? I didn't know.

I only have ever done the one that my great-great-grandfather passed down to all my uncles and my dad.

Go ahead.

Mm-hmm.

Okay.

I, I didn't know.

I only have ever done the one that my great-great-grandfather passed down to my, all my uncles and my dad.

W- like, I knew one.

Okay.

Well, the reason why this is important, and what I've learned recently, is I keep, you know, hooking fish.

[laughs]

Mm-hmm.

Um, and it all is, uh, goes back to that Warner Company, which has, it's a large conglomerate of farms and support businesses for that sod business and landscaping.

And so Warner Logistics w- were the folks that I talked to yesterday.

It used to be, uh, called South Gulf, I believe was the name, Transport.

Um, but now they've changed their name to Warner Logistics, and what they do is they haul sod across the Gulf Coast.

Wherever people, you know, purchase from, they haul it there.

So not only are they being impacted by the farm, uh, but also that transfer of the sod when they have to deliver it.

It's been a while here since the, the, the fall of Sally and Zeta.

They could put them in the red, just that amount.

Absolutely.

And, you know, these companies are trying to do things.

The one I talked to yesterday, they're a sod company.

So that's what they farm is sod.

You know, Baldwin County is like the Mecca of the sod world, really.

And it all goes back to that Warner company, which has...

It's been a while here since the fall of Sally and Zeta.

And maybe there'll be enough elected officials that get stuck in traffic that maybe it gets some traction going forward here.

Yeah, you would think that because I understand where he's coming from here.

Having to travel to Wedowee, it should take five and a half hours at the most, but it takes me eight hours, eight to nine hours sometimes.

Wow.

I will say there's a lot of amazing places along the way to stop and enjoy because this great state has... you know, priesters, the ponds and, uh, connect a sausage, all these things that are in between to enjoy.

But, uh, so I do that sometimes, but I mean, especially like labor day weekend, Memorial day weekend, 4th of July, when there's a big travel, uh, traffic pattern for holidays or beach travel, we see major delays all up and down 65.

So just one extra lane, which helps at least, uh, in one direction or the other.

But at the same time, they got a lawsuit against Pritchard for Walter Knight saying chief Knight says he was fired without cause or what, what's it, what's the suit say?

Yeah, when you did a fantastic job of hosting the show.

And he has been on the national stage, really, on this fight against gender ideology and indoctrination of children.

You know, we've seen it in the libraries.

We've seen it in different schools, communities.

It's kind of like a trend at some points to go that way and teach children that, hey, you might have been born a boy, but you don't have to be.

And then these children believe it.

And it's just... kind of been something over the past five years that seems to have grown in popularity so that's what he has fought against because he said you know not only here at home but also in other countries he's tried to protect children and help children he feeds the hungry children in cambodia they have all these children's ministries they have one in mobile They welcome everyone.

to a conclusion I should have, yeah.

You just can't, this is that kind of drinkable hemp, right? This is the drinks.

Yes, that's what the Piggly Wiggly on Plantation Point Road, they applied for this consumable hemp product license, which is similar to an alcohol license.

But since the state of Alabama... has allowed the ABC board to kind of take over these consumable hemp products to regulate them.

Now you have to get local approval before you can go to the ABC board to get approval.

So that's what's going on with Piggly Wiggly.

I didn't even know that there were hemp drinks until this all started coming out.

But there was one councilman that was really against it, and that was Joshua Gammon.

That is

Yeah.

But ...

Yeah, this is saying a lot, though.

I know all about this beer, and I don't even drink beer.

So I mean, that's a big deal, like, in Birmingham, across the state.

But yeah, back in 2008, Jason Wilson went and visited his brother up in Colorado, and they went to a brewery, and he came back home with this idea, and then he found out that the state law didn't allow that high-gravity beer, which meant, you know, it really put a stop on a lot of these craft brew-type places.

So he, he went to the legislature and talked that conservative, uh, the conservative base into allowing some change so that Alabama could really open up this craft brewery industry.

It was ju- it was comical.

Like 80 grand.

Yes, it is $50,000 to $100,000.

And you would be shocked to find out that they will finance it for you at an interest rate.

So the people who are buying these are paying a monthly fee to use the app, which is $80 a month.

And then they're paying $50,000 to $100,000-ish monthly.

for the installation of the technology.

What it does is it sprays fire retardant foam on your house and your land around there, like around a radius around your house.

It's something that you've been thinking about for a long time.

And this happens to be the chief.

Yeah, it's very unfortunate in Pritchard.

The Pritchard police chief, we just learned just a couple of hours ago, Walter Knight was arrested earlier today.

And so we're working to get more information on this.

The Mobile County Sheriff's Office and the DA's office, they're holding a press conference at 115 today.

So we'll watch that to kind of get more details.

But what's interesting about this is, You know, the Mobile County Sheriff's Office took over the Pritchard Police Department just last month because there was an officer that was arrested.

Those

Mm-hmm.

This happened recently.

This happened just Sunday, uh, up in Irondale in the Birmingham area, and I'm telling you, it's time for these judges and prosecutors to look at what's happening and, and take a real initiative towards preventing these violent offenders from doing these crimes again and again.

And so that's exactly what Mobile County District Attorney Keith Blackwood, along with Sheriff Paul Burch, have, have come together to do in creating this docket.

What it's gonna do, it's gonna streamline some of these violent cases.

It's gonna make sure that from start to finish on a, a repeat violent offender alleged, uh, repeat, because even if they're convicted one time, you know, the second crime, they might, they haven't been convicted yet.

But that's kind of the purpose.

And now, uh, the Mobile citizens seek swift and stiff penalties for companies accused of $1 million in swindles, and this is, uh, now top of the news.

I mean, I think even adjusted for inflation, this is probably in line with that.

Yeah, well, and you'll remember our former colleague, Jim Ziegler, who was state auditor at the time in 2019, he started a Facebook page when they said the toll would be $6.

And it went crazy.

It spread like wildfire.

I think over 42,000 people followed.

came online there and just, they were really upset about this.

And there's been talks that the existing bridges will be demolished once the toll bridge is up.

I don't know that that's going to work.

What Alabama Department of Public Health has said.

Yeah, they issued 213 advisories for fish consumption.

Now, these advisories are only for people that are at risk, which is children under 14 or women who are nursing pregnant or plan to become pregnant.

They're advised, do not eat king mackerel, shark, swordfish, or tilefish.

And they made this decision based on some testing that they did in lakes and rivers across the state.

They found levels of different...

And so they have all of that listed very clearly.

You know, I think it's I think it's a Trojan horse, but you go ahead.

But you're one of several Auburn fans that have worked at the Tribune.

Yeah, when I was there, everyone was Auburn fans except you and I think one sales lady.

So, yeah, that was pretty interesting.

But I'm going to get off of here.

I just wanted to pop in and surprise you and say, hey, and happy Father's Day because this weekend you were like a father to me.

You always were.

And for your own kids, you're an amazing father.

The softball mom pulling her gun at softball games.

But yeah, it was like they just kind of sitting around looking at each other.

Yeah.

And they do get compensated.

So maybe we can get, um, I know in Baldwin County, there's a push to get more poll workers involved.

And so, you know, they just have to do this mandatory training.

You have to be a registered voter, but at two o'clock, I'll have a story from a poll worker who kind of outlined all her challenges that she saw yesterday at the polls.

It's a very interesting take one.

walk free because of another bad guy.

I've kind of been impressed so far.

Yeah, she's been in office now seven months, Carlota Davis, and she's been calling for more oversight.

She's been going through the financial situation in Pritchard, which...

I mean, in my story on 1819news.com, I kind of outlined some of the issues that the city has experienced over the past several years.

That includes, you know, the sheriff's office taking over major investigations because of the high crime and Sheriff Paul Birch.

previously said gang activity was uh identified in that area um and also the violent crime average is actually higher than the national average so that's the situation they've dealt with um they've dealt with the poverty rate in pritchard the water situation in pritchard is horrific water and sewer board um you know we've had some charges there but but now she's saying there's also some serious financial issues she wants to call in um an expert that she trusts to kind of look over things a cpa but She said that the council has refused to approve an agreement with that person.

So she held a press conference.

They're telling people to get on the cruise ship, those kind of things, celebrate Mardi Gras, those kind of things.