December 12, 2025 • 28 mins
Today's Top Stories include how a Florida organization helped rescue Venezuela's opposition leader, a South Florida crackdown on handicap parking permits, the Bucs brutal loss to the Falcons, and lots more!
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Let's get to today's top stories with Natalie Rodriguez. Good morning, Natalie,
Good morning to you, Ryan. Happy Friday. This morning has
been very active.
Speaker 2 (00:11):
Tampa based Grabel Rescue credited with helping Venezuelan opposition leader
and Nobel Peace Prize winner Maria Coorina Machado escape for
our homeland and get to Norway for the ceremony. The
mission dubbed Operation Golden Dynamite, with the rescue's founder Brian Stern,
who arrived at Miami International Airport last night, saying that
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he personally had a hand in it.
Speaker 3 (00:36):
Maduro is a brutal dictator who is a.
Speaker 1 (00:42):
Crime boss with a seat at the United Nations.
Speaker 4 (00:45):
Right.
Speaker 1 (00:46):
He's easy, He's no different than any other criminal and
to have the privilege to be asked to do this
operation was a great honor, just to be asked.
Speaker 2 (00:55):
And this on the heels of the US announcing new
sanctions aimed at Venezuela as tensions rise bey toween the
two countries. The sanctions target three nephews of Nicolas Maduros's wife,
as well as six crude ol tankers and shipping companies
that are linked to them. That oil tanker one of
them is now US bound, and Republican lawmakers continue to
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support the Trump administration's doings with military operations targeting what
we're told are Venezuelan based drug cartels, but it stops there.
Representative Jared Moskowitz opposes US boots on the ground in Venezuela.
He says that he doesn't think that that would be
the right approach and adds quote, I don't know that
we can start launching military action on land. We have
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covert operations CIA that's different, but the military itself should
not be going on land.
Speaker 3 (01:43):
He says.
Speaker 2 (01:44):
There are other ways, he says, in which we can
fight the cartels.
Speaker 1 (01:47):
Yeah, so he backs hitting these narco terrorists boasts blow
them up.
Speaker 3 (01:53):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (01:54):
But and I think this is in line with what
most Americans think. And I think even a lot of
Republicans ground invasion, I don't think that would be very popular.
I think even the land strikes that the President has
been talking about, you might start to see some splits there. Look,
I'm kind of with Moskowitz here the narco trafficking boats.
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I'd like to continue to see the evidence that they
are what they're alleged to be. But then I think
when you expand out beyond that into strikes on Venezuela
or anything resembling some kind of ground of it, that's
when Congress has to really get involved and have a
say in all of this. He also said moscowits I
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think he was right about this. He questions whether the
public even pays attention to blowing up a boat here
and there, and I think that's one hundred percent the case.
You know, in that story about you know, the September
second boat that was blown up and hit maybe a
couple of times, and there were some survivors when that
was dominating Cable News twenty four to seven, we did
the story a few times, but we didn't do it
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for the entire show.
Speaker 3 (03:03):
I just don't think people care that much.
Speaker 1 (03:05):
You know, they're kind of keeping an eye on it,
but it's not like they're you know, health premiums potentially
going up. That's a big concern among a lot of Americans,
you know, a drug boat not so much. So. I
thought he was right about that. As for the the
rescue of Karina Machado.
Speaker 3 (03:22):
This is incredible. The whole story is incredible.
Speaker 1 (03:25):
I guess it was her team that that basically got
her to the coastline, and then it sounds like that's
where Gray Bull Rescue picked up the operation and they
moved her in the Caribbean.
Speaker 3 (03:39):
They moved her.
Speaker 1 (03:40):
By a delicious Yeah right right, Well, I mean, let
me tell you something. Some of the stories that Brian
Stern has told me about what they've done just incredible. Yeah,
they go into places and how they they get there
and how they stay safe and then get out. Now yeah,
no he won't he won't tell me those details, but
it's amazing.
Speaker 3 (03:59):
So I mean my jaw dropped. You know.
Speaker 1 (04:03):
Look, based on everything that we've discussed in the past
interviews with Brian Stern about the work they do a
great Bull Rescue pulling off an operation like this not surprising.
I just was stunned that they were involved in this.
Speaker 3 (04:15):
You know.
Speaker 1 (04:15):
He said, this is the most high profile and highest
risk rescue the organization has ever done.
Speaker 3 (04:22):
So probably it.
Speaker 1 (04:23):
Was like meeting a celebrity. Yeah, he was honored, exactly,
So really really great work from them. What else is
going on, Natalie Well?
Speaker 2 (04:31):
A sting operation in Mount Dora in Lake County earlier
in the month to try to catch people and properly
using handicapped placards to get preferred parking spaces, netted thirty
people out of eighty stops under arrest for breaking the
law and now effective immediately, Miami Dade tax collector Daddiel
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Fernandez has announced a zero tolerance policy audit and enforcement
action of every disabled part and temporary disabled parking permit application.
Speaker 3 (05:03):
Good.
Speaker 2 (05:04):
So they are going after these people that are abusing
the law.
Speaker 3 (05:08):
Basically.
Speaker 2 (05:09):
You know, my mom has a handicap placard on her
car because she needs it. And you have no idea
how many times I've been in the car with her
where there might just be one or two handicap parking
spots where we're.
Speaker 3 (05:21):
Going, and you see somebody getting out of.
Speaker 2 (05:24):
The car that is very well bodied able to get
out and move, yeah, you know, and it makes you think,
you know, is there are there other physical issues that they.
Speaker 3 (05:34):
Yeah, maybe they have a condition or something.
Speaker 1 (05:37):
And that was the blowback I got when we talked
about the Mount Doris story recently, because I said, you know,
there's a woman in my neighborhood and I don't know,
every time I see her get out of the car
on that parking spot, that handicap parking spot.
Speaker 3 (05:48):
She's able to move around just fine.
Speaker 1 (05:49):
Maybe she does have an underlying condition, but like my
cousin's in a wheelchair, okay, she needs that spot. And
a lot of times, like you said, that spot's not
ava And if it's somebody who can walk two spots
over right, then that's what they should be doing.
Speaker 3 (06:06):
This has gotten.
Speaker 2 (06:07):
Out of I mean, I'm emotionally handicapped sometimes and I
feel like I need one of those cards because I
can't park that far away because I'm gonna start crying.
Speaker 1 (06:15):
Yeah, I mean with the weight I game in the
last year, I do a lot of huffing and puffing
having to park far away. But I do it because
I'm not handicapped. So maybe make it a little bit.
Speaker 2 (06:24):
Uh, there should be a little bit more discernment when
they're handing out these More time.
Speaker 1 (06:29):
To mobility, you know what I mean, those real mobility
issues like that. That's what I think needs to happen here.
I'm glad to see Miami Dade doing this. I was
glad to see Mount Door do it. Everybody should be
doing an audit of what's going on, because there is
no doubt it's out of them.
Speaker 2 (06:44):
My mom can't walk far distances right now, so it's
you know, it's hard for her and it's just very upsetting,
and that I want to go up to the perd.
I would pull a carron out and say, hey, you.
Speaker 1 (06:54):
The park over there, my aunt who the mother of
my cousin who is in a wheelchair, and she sees
that she has in the past taking her lipstick out
and written on the car. No, yes, I don't know. Yeah,
I mean it's outrageous. And how do you like that? Ah?
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Good teaching them a lesson? Sending a loud and clear
message that has spains a lot about you, mister Ryan.
All right, let's get to one more story involving a park.
Speaker 2 (07:26):
Car jesuise ah mother in trouble with the law up
in Jacksonville. Thank goodness that there were well abled bodies
of officers to save a sixteen month old baby locked
in a mini van. The temperature outside read eighty five
degrees December fifth. The mother did call nine one one.
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She says she accidentally left the keys in the car,
the engine was off and the windows were rolled up.
The bodycam footage does show that the mom says that
the child had been sitting in the car for about
twenty five minutes before officers arrived. You know, they had
to break the window and you know, smash the glass
and pull the kid out of the car, which they did,
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and that poor child obviously was in distress because of
the heat, dehydrated. It's just it's incredible the fact that
the mom did act.
Speaker 1 (08:23):
Yeah, yeah, call nine one one. Sounds like it was
an accident. There was nothing criminal necessarily here. Yeah, And
I'm guessing because it didn't take law enforcement twenty five
minutes to show off. I'm guessing she just freaked out,
like you know, and it took her a second get
together herself right right to.
Speaker 3 (08:40):
Call on But she did. And I mean, just think
about that for a second.
Speaker 1 (08:45):
You gotta worry about a kid being in a hot
car on December fifth, Right, Florida. Welcome to Florida, Natalie
Rodriguez with today's stops the temperatures elsewhere.
Speaker 3 (08:55):
Yes, yes, all right, Natalie, have a great weekend. Thanks.
Speaker 1 (08:58):
We start with today's hop Store and Chris Trenkman. Good morning, Chris,
good morning.
Speaker 5 (09:03):
So if you're a Buccaneers fan, and I say this
in all sincerity, you have to start wondering whether the
Bucks will win another.
Speaker 4 (09:12):
Game this season.
Speaker 3 (09:13):
It's true, you know.
Speaker 5 (09:14):
I mean, they lost to a team that had two
wins on the season, and now they've lost to a
team that is also not going to the playoffs now,
and they blew it in the fourth quarter after having
the game wrapped up. Yeah, collapse, And we saw it
in the response from coach Todd Bowles yesterday. I think
he's wondering whether the team can win another game this season.
And when you look ahead to a Carolina team that's
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beaten some of the best in the NFL, a resurgent
Dolphins team, Yep, where do the Bucks fit in in
that scenario if they can't beat Atlanta or New Orleans exactly,
That's exactly right.
Speaker 1 (09:46):
So the Bucks up fourteen points at home in the
second half, they had a twenty eight to fourteen lead.
They had Atlanta backed up to a third and twenty eight,
which Atlanta converted. I mean, Kirk Cousins looked like Joe
Montana out there. Uh. Then they had a fourth and fourteen.
Bucks couldn't get a stop there. They give up the
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final fifteen points and they lose again at home, one
in five in their last six. And you alluded to
Todd Bowles and how angry he was after the game.
Speaker 3 (10:16):
Here's uh, here's a little bit of that.
Speaker 6 (10:18):
You tell them, it's inexcusable. You don't make excuses. We
you gotta care enough where it hurts. You gotta care
enough where it hurts. It gotta mean something to you.
It's more than a job's livelihood. How well do you
know your job? How well can you do your job?
Speaker 1 (10:37):
Well?
Speaker 6 (10:37):
You can't sugarcoat it was in the excusable and he
has no answer for it. That's for no excuse for it.
And that's what you tell him a lot. Look in
the mirror.
Speaker 1 (10:47):
So when a coach gets in front of a microphone
and does that, he's obviously trying to send a message.
Speaker 3 (10:52):
Yeah, no question about that.
Speaker 1 (10:54):
And I think Todd Bowles knows his seat is getting
hotter by the game.
Speaker 5 (10:58):
Absolutely. I mean, you know, Todd Bowles is one of
those coaches. It's a very even keel guy. He doesn't
seem to get phased by anything. Obviously, he's still pretty
even keel. Despite the profanity lace it was still a monotone. Yeah,
that's right, but that is his energy. But I think
that you know, in this particular case, you could tell
that the Bucks are going to have a pretty rough
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extra week of practice. You know, they're gonna have a
couple of extra days because of the Thursday game. Now, look,
Thursday games aren't great. We know that there's a lot
of sloppiness. Teams run out of gas.
Speaker 3 (11:30):
Said it.
Speaker 1 (11:31):
Yeah, we knew it was Atlanta, it was a game
they should win, but and it was a home game.
But those Thursday night games, especially against a division opponent,
you just never know.
Speaker 5 (11:41):
Yeah, and the way they lost, you know, to give
up all those points in the fourth quarter like that,
I mean, it was a total collapse. And unfortunately, you know,
the Buccaneers are just heading in the wrong direction. They
had such a great start to the season and now
it's turning into a disaster. It is, you know, I
mean if they if they lose out for the rest
of the season, we're going to see a lot of changes.
Speaker 3 (11:59):
Yeah, I think so. And they're going up against the Panthers.
Speaker 1 (12:02):
I think what's also notable about that is they'll be
taking on their former offensive coordinator, Dave Knalis And if
you look at the job that he's done with the
Panthers and that organization has been a mess in recent years,
they're playing pretty well and they've got a quarterback who
I don't think is all that good, but he's getting
the most out of them. Plus you've got Liam Cohen
who went to the Jaguars, and I think you have
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a lot of Bucks fans asking themselves did the organization
make a mistake not getting rid of Tai Bulls last
year and advancing Liam Cohen to the head coaching position,
Because you know, with Todd Bowles, I gave him credit
earlier in the season when the Bucks were playing really well.
Speaker 3 (12:40):
I thought he deserved it.
Speaker 1 (12:42):
But I have been consistent over years now that I've
always thought he's more of a coordinator than a head coach.
I didn't trust him in that role because of what
I saw from him when he was coach of the Jets,
and even being a defensive coordinator, you know, at his core,
I think it makes you question the job he's doing
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even more now because it's the defensive side of the
ball that is a complete mess. That's where the collapse
really came from. I mean, the Bucks put up twenty
eight points and couldn't get to win, and so I
think the organization they're gonna have to answer a lot
of questions whether or not the Bucks sneak into the playoffs,
because that's what it would be.
Speaker 3 (13:22):
At this point, I don't think they're going very far.
You know.
Speaker 5 (13:25):
The other thing about it, too, is with these losses,
it's making people sort of second guess what happened at
the beginning of the season. Remember when people were saying
the Bucks were a team with a lot of heart. Yep,
you had a Baker Mayfield, a possible MVP candidate. They're
winning these close games, they're pulling it out of the
last moment. Now we're starting to look at it and
think maybe they were just getting lucky because they're losing
games to teams that really aren't that good. A Sarasota
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mother is speaking out for the first time after her
middle school son accused a staff member at Sarasota School
of Arts and Sciences of inappropriately touching him, one of
several allegations that are under investigation by police. Aaron Evergreen
said that you send your child to school and you
trust the school, the teachers, the staff to care for them.
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The trust is sacred, and then after what she heard
from her son, the trust was shattered in an instant
The twenty one year old arrested on November nineteenth. He's
held in the Sarasota County Jail and he faces three
felony charges, including charges against three different students with incidents
dating back to July. So in the case of this situation,
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it looks like the suspect, Kobe Bradley, may have been
involved in doing this to other students as well.
Speaker 1 (14:43):
Right, the allegations they go back to a summer band camp. Now,
the school hired him in early August, and then you
have the first complaint come weeks later. There's also apparently
some of this behavior captured on surveillance footage. But I
think one of the questions we certainly have if I
were a parent, is what was the vetting process like
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for him? It sounds like there was already an incident,
and maybe they weren't aware of it. It's possible, but
it happened before they hired them, and then they hired them,
and then this happened right away. So I think, you know,
the school's going to have to answer some questions there
about bringing this this twenty one year old on board.
Speaker 3 (15:20):
Yeah.
Speaker 5 (15:20):
Absolutely, And you know, the mother's point is very well taken.
You send your child to school, you're assuming things are
going to be safe. They you know, have security you
can see on the outside, but you can't protect them
when they're inside with teachers who are right there with
them exactly, you know, performing crimes on the students of school.
For decades, businesses like Florida Beach Horses have offered tourists
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a unique and once in a lifetime chance to ride
horses in the bay. Kind of an activity people like
to do where they get photos. Yeah, they're riding a horse.
I mean it looks pretty cool. Yeah, it seems like
it would be fun. However, there are concerns, especially from
groups like the Suncoast water Keeper, that it's these animals
that are defecating in the water and then creating the
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potential to spread infection things like gastro intestinal illness and
other diseases. So there's been a long debate about whether
these horses from this company at Palma Sola Bay are
causing problems. So the City of Bradenton has commissioned to
study and it did find that there's fecal bacteria from
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horses in the water, but it's not clear if it's
anything more than enough to maybe hurt animals like birds
or smaller animals, not necessarily people.
Speaker 1 (16:36):
Yeah, And they're not sure if if that fecal matter
from the horses, if that is really what's showing up,
or if it's just the wildlife and gent like, you know,
a combination of I don't know anybody who's seen or
s defecated before.
Speaker 3 (16:51):
It's got to be doing something to the water because.
Speaker 5 (16:52):
It's a lot that's right right and look it's the bay,
and you know, I don't know if going in that
water is a great idea anywhere, Yeah, but it is
a fun activity. The Suncoast water Keeper thinks that the
data they found that shows that there was fecal matter
is a sign that they need to look at it
even more closely. And the city said they're not going
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to make any long term decisions right now, but one
of the solutions could be have the horses wear diapers
so that they don't defecate directly into the world.
Speaker 1 (17:24):
Well, you see that a lot with like the horse
carriages and stuff like that, where they're trying to keep
the horses from going like just right in the middle
of the street.
Speaker 3 (17:30):
I don't know how that would work in the water.
Speaker 1 (17:33):
They were also talking about limiting the amount of horses
that could be there at the same time. I think
it's like, if you want to go in that water,
then that's on you.
Speaker 3 (17:43):
Yeah, you know, maybe you wear like a special suit.
Speaker 1 (17:45):
Yeah, I mean you wouldn't find me in that water,
like on top of the horse.
Speaker 3 (17:50):
Maybe not like in the water though, swimming.
Speaker 5 (17:54):
Yeah, I mean, you know, look, I think it's a
cool activity in concept, but there's obviously risks involved. Yeah,
And you're gonna just have to decide, you know. The
study was I guess inconclusive. Right, Whether it's enough to
cause the illness is hard to say.
Speaker 1 (18:09):
I mean, if you're in that water and you swallow
a big gulp of that water, then yeah, you man,
he might be getting sick.
Speaker 3 (18:16):
Yeah, I think so.
Speaker 1 (18:18):
So.
Speaker 5 (18:18):
Tampa police jumped into action on Wednesday after a man
slipped while blowing leaves on his roof and was left
dangling from his three story home. And I don't know
if you saw the body, camp, Yeah, but like looking
down that was far like if this guy had not
made it and he was hanging on for dear life. Yeah,
I mean it was you know, like movie times, you know, scenario.
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They showed the video of the dramatic rescue scene. Jason
Sakowski and Officer Caleb Girard rushed to the home. They
found him hanging from the roof. They were able to
get up there, grab him by the wrists and and
pull him to safety until the the fire rescue got
there with the appropriate equipment to get him off the roof.
But they had to sort of calm him down because
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he was clearly embarrassed that they had to come and rescue.
Speaker 3 (19:05):
You kept apologize that's right, and the cops are like, look,
that's what we're here for. Yeah, just chill out, gotta
be all right. Uh do you do that? Do you
get on top of the roof? And Nope, No, I
don't get up there.
Speaker 5 (19:16):
The last time I did anything with the roof something,
my kid threw something right up on the edge by
the gutter. I was able to get a ladder, ladder,
I'm not getting up there now.
Speaker 3 (19:26):
No, I forget it.
Speaker 5 (19:27):
That's that's not gonna happen, especially on a three story home.
Speaker 3 (19:30):
Yeah.
Speaker 5 (19:30):
Yeah, wow, that's a little risky. Yeah, that guy may
have to you know, rethink things. Uh when he you know,
gets up to blow the leaves off, maybe hire somebody.
Speaker 1 (19:40):
Yeah, maybe maybe for something like that. I think that's
probably a good idea. Chris Drankman with today's Top Stories. Chris,
thanks so much. Right now, let's get to today's Top
Stories with Natalie Rodriguez.
Speaker 3 (19:50):
Good morning, Natalie, Good morning.
Speaker 2 (19:53):
Will we start off with three school districts that we've
mentioned in the last couple of months, Browured, Leon, ANDVLUSHA
that are set to participate in this new Campus Guardian
Angel pilot program increasing the safety and security measures in
these districts. The Campus Guardian Angel program it uses drones
that distract active shooters in theory while providing real time
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audio and video feeds to the guardians and law enforcement
during these potential threats on campus. Now, the program is
being fully integrated with the Alissa Alert platform in these districts.
But there's a word of caution this morning from widow
Debbie Hickson, a Marjorie Stone and Douglas High School massacre.
Widow her husband was a coach and shot and killed,
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and Tony Montalto, whose daughter Gina was also among the
seventeen killed at the school.
Speaker 4 (20:45):
Well, they operate normally, or as they're supposed to.
Speaker 3 (20:48):
How is it going to know who it's.
Speaker 4 (20:50):
Attacking, how will the signal strength be?
Speaker 3 (20:53):
What about the students? Is it going to be safe?
Speaker 4 (20:55):
You have to remember we're here partially because communications failed.
Speaker 3 (20:59):
All valid concerns.
Speaker 2 (21:02):
It's a state funded pilot program, it's set to start
next year, and there really hasn't been too much detail
as to how is it going to work? And are
these issues already being addressed? Are they looking into this,
how is this gonna work?
Speaker 3 (21:16):
Yeah?
Speaker 1 (21:16):
I do have some questions, and look, I'm sure there
are answers to a lot of these, but you know,
let's say you have a building on campus where this
is unfolding. How does the drone get into that building
if it's not already there? Are they putting drones, like
you know, in every place possible? I do think just
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you know, if you're kind of envisioning what this would
look like. If you've got an active shooter and there's
a drone that's heading that person's way, I could see
that being a distraction and every second counts in a
situation like that, especially if the drone can do something
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to really change the focus of the shooter.
Speaker 3 (22:07):
But I do think there are a lot of questions.
I don't know.
Speaker 1 (22:09):
You have kids, Natalie, would this be something that you
would like to see attempted, like a trial run to
see if it works.
Speaker 2 (22:18):
And that's such a heavy question. I don't think so.
I really don't think so. I think, you know, I
think it's a very layered problem, but I don't know
that drones are necessarily the answer.
Speaker 1 (22:37):
I do like the alert system that these destructs are
putting in place. Obviously, there's been a big focus on
making sure door's locked and all of that, and there's
a renewed focus on that in the governor's new budget
proposal based on what happened at FSU earlier this year
with that shooting and some problems with the door locks
and things like that. But I also get what these
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parents are saying that, you know, you don't want to
just spend all your time focus on reacting to if
and when a situation occurs. You want to make sure
you're focusing a lot. Yeah, exactly on prevention as well.
So you know, I don't necessarily mind a pilot program
just to see how this works. I also think there
needs to be a cost benefit analysis. We've got, you know,
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pilots in Austin Texas. I guess they're going to have
to be what like on standby, you know, to fly
these drones if something were to happen at a moment's notice. So,
you know, I think it'd be interesting to see how
it works, but i'd certainly wait before expanding it, you know,
more broaden reaction.
Speaker 2 (23:37):
We need to do something right, right, So I get it, Yeah,
I don't necessarily agree with.
Speaker 3 (23:42):
It, all right, what else we got going on this morning,
Natalie House Bill six five seven.
Speaker 2 (23:48):
It's establishing the Homeowners Association Dissolution and Accountability Act. So
what this would do is create a legal roadmap for
residents to come completely shut down their ho way And
it was presented by Representative one Carlos Boras of Miami.
And you know, it might just be time we take
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a look if ho's are really even necessary.
Speaker 3 (24:13):
You know, maybe we should just do away with homeowner
associations as a whole course.
Speaker 2 (24:17):
And that sounds very good in theory, but you know,
there could be some lashback to this as well. Yeah,
there are a couple of things going on here. You
have some hoa's and we've done the stories on them
where they've gotten a little out of control.
Speaker 1 (24:32):
I mean, they run their operation like a Nazi regime,
but you also have situations where if you don't have
some of those protections in place, you can't trust people
to take care of their.
Speaker 2 (24:43):
Own stuff now, And in a lot of those cases
that we've reported, it's because these not the whole entity
of the HOA, maybe one or two key players inside
of them. They're shady and there's not enough transparency for
the homeowners who are shelling out five hundred six hundred
dollars a month where maybe a year or two ago
it was only costing them about two three hundred dollars.
Speaker 3 (25:02):
So how do you justify that?
Speaker 1 (25:04):
Yeah, and what's interesting about this bill some of the
new details that we've learned, in particular about dissolving these hoas,
because we talked about this bill and this idea. I
think it was like last week, maybe it was earlier
this week, but we have a better idea of what
the setup would look like. So the whole thing would
start if you wanted to dissolve your HOA with a
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petition signed by twenty percent of homeowners that forces a
community wide vote. I got to be honest with you,
I kind of agree with some of the critics who
say twenty percent it's a little low. You might want
to have a bit of a higher I could see
all kinds of votes taking place across the state with
the twenty percent threshold. But then to actually abolish the HOA,
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that would take two thirds of all voting members to
approve that, So.
Speaker 2 (25:52):
Not just that the hundreds of thousands of dollars, then
fighting those YEA battles that usually take years to eve
and settle because you're not even talking about a resolution
at the end of the day, right, and who's got
the money for that?
Speaker 1 (26:06):
And this bill it does target condo associations too, but
you know, there's a long way to go.
Speaker 3 (26:11):
It still has to go through committee hearings.
Speaker 1 (26:12):
There's no Senate companion bill yet, So we'll see if
this really does become one of those hot button issues
during the upcoming legislative session. But certainly something that you know,
I think a lot of Floridian is going to be
interested in following, that's for sure.
Speaker 2 (26:25):
Yeah, I definitely empowering the homeowner or the resident, giving
them a little bit more and more legal backing to
go against the HIA or those key players that are
part of those has that are making the bad calls
are not being transparent. I think that may be a
better route to go and maybe paying people more.
Speaker 3 (26:42):
Cost of living.
Speaker 1 (26:42):
Yeah yeah, I mean that could all that could all
certainly help living raises. Just say, speaking of raises, it
sounds like there's one entity that might be looking for
a little extra money and there's there's.
Speaker 3 (26:54):
A big need.
Speaker 2 (26:55):
Yeah, there's a big oh no with the ho ho
hos shortage here in South Floor. The demand for Santa
appearances at public events and office parties and these private festivities,
it's at an all time high, so much so that
Santa's with natural white beards are is so much in
demand that local companies are now draw trying to justify
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how they're going to jack up the rates of what
they're going to charge for Santa to show up at
your next event.
Speaker 3 (27:23):
It's expensive. That's how the marketplace works.
Speaker 1 (27:25):
You know, there's a high demand, there's a shortage of Santa's,
and so the prices there they're going out.
Speaker 3 (27:31):
Wait, is Santa legally here in the country. I just
want to know.
Speaker 1 (27:34):
That's a good question. I think I think Trump will
give them a pass, But I don't have a naturally
gray I mean, I have some gray if I were
to grow out a beard. I do have the belly though,
so I have acquired that over the course of the
past year.
Speaker 3 (27:51):
So you're not sure, So you can't be an help.
Speaker 1 (27:54):
No, no, So maybe that's something I need to look
into down there in South Florida.
Speaker 3 (27:58):
It be Santa's son, Yeah, right.
Speaker 1 (28:00):
Right, exactly. Eron Natalie Rodriguez Today's Top Stories. Natalie, thanks
so much.
Speaker 4 (28:04):
He got it The Ryan Gorman Show on news radio WFLA.
Speaker 1 (28:09):
Follow us on Facebook and Instagram at Ryan Gorman Show,
and find us online at ryangormanshow dot com.
Let's get to today's top stories with Natalie Rodriguez. Good morning, Natalie,
Good morning to you, Ryan. Happy Friday. This morning has
been very active.
Speaker 2 (00:11):
Tampa based Grabel Rescue credited with helping Venezuelan opposition leader
and Nobel Peace Prize winner Maria Coorina Machado escape for
our homeland and get to Norway for the ceremony. The
mission dubbed Operation Golden Dynamite, with the rescue's founder Brian Stern,
who arrived at Miami International Airport last night, saying that
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he personally had a hand in it.
Speaker 3 (00:36):
Maduro is a brutal dictator who is a.
Speaker 1 (00:42):
Crime boss with a seat at the United Nations.
Speaker 4 (00:45):
Right.
Speaker 1 (00:46):
He's easy, He's no different than any other criminal and
to have the privilege to be asked to do this
operation was a great honor, just to be asked.
Speaker 2 (00:55):
And this on the heels of the US announcing new
sanctions aimed at Venezuela as tensions rise bey toween the
two countries. The sanctions target three nephews of Nicolas Maduros's wife,
as well as six crude ol tankers and shipping companies
that are linked to them. That oil tanker one of
them is now US bound, and Republican lawmakers continue to
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support the Trump administration's doings with military operations targeting what
we're told are Venezuelan based drug cartels, but it stops there.
Representative Jared Moskowitz opposes US boots on the ground in Venezuela.
He says that he doesn't think that that would be
the right approach and adds quote, I don't know that
we can start launching military action on land. We have
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covert operations CIA that's different, but the military itself should
not be going on land.
Speaker 3 (01:43):
He says.
Speaker 2 (01:44):
There are other ways, he says, in which we can
fight the cartels.
Speaker 1 (01:47):
Yeah, so he backs hitting these narco terrorists boasts blow
them up.
Speaker 3 (01:53):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (01:54):
But and I think this is in line with what
most Americans think. And I think even a lot of
Republicans ground invasion, I don't think that would be very popular.
I think even the land strikes that the President has
been talking about, you might start to see some splits there. Look,
I'm kind of with Moskowitz here the narco trafficking boats.
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I'd like to continue to see the evidence that they
are what they're alleged to be. But then I think
when you expand out beyond that into strikes on Venezuela
or anything resembling some kind of ground of it, that's
when Congress has to really get involved and have a
say in all of this. He also said moscowits I
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think he was right about this. He questions whether the
public even pays attention to blowing up a boat here
and there, and I think that's one hundred percent the case.
You know, in that story about you know, the September
second boat that was blown up and hit maybe a
couple of times, and there were some survivors when that
was dominating Cable News twenty four to seven, we did
the story a few times, but we didn't do it
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for the entire show.
Speaker 3 (03:03):
I just don't think people care that much.
Speaker 1 (03:05):
You know, they're kind of keeping an eye on it,
but it's not like they're you know, health premiums potentially
going up. That's a big concern among a lot of Americans,
you know, a drug boat not so much. So. I
thought he was right about that. As for the the
rescue of Karina Machado.
Speaker 3 (03:22):
This is incredible. The whole story is incredible.
Speaker 1 (03:25):
I guess it was her team that that basically got
her to the coastline, and then it sounds like that's
where Gray Bull Rescue picked up the operation and they
moved her in the Caribbean.
Speaker 3 (03:39):
They moved her.
Speaker 1 (03:40):
By a delicious Yeah right right, Well, I mean, let
me tell you something. Some of the stories that Brian
Stern has told me about what they've done just incredible. Yeah,
they go into places and how they they get there
and how they stay safe and then get out. Now yeah,
no he won't he won't tell me those details, but
it's amazing.
Speaker 3 (03:59):
So I mean my jaw dropped. You know.
Speaker 1 (04:03):
Look, based on everything that we've discussed in the past
interviews with Brian Stern about the work they do a
great Bull Rescue pulling off an operation like this not surprising.
I just was stunned that they were involved in this.
Speaker 3 (04:15):
You know.
Speaker 1 (04:15):
He said, this is the most high profile and highest
risk rescue the organization has ever done.
Speaker 3 (04:22):
So probably it.
Speaker 1 (04:23):
Was like meeting a celebrity. Yeah, he was honored, exactly,
So really really great work from them. What else is
going on, Natalie Well?
Speaker 2 (04:31):
A sting operation in Mount Dora in Lake County earlier
in the month to try to catch people and properly
using handicapped placards to get preferred parking spaces, netted thirty
people out of eighty stops under arrest for breaking the
law and now effective immediately, Miami Dade tax collector Daddiel
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Fernandez has announced a zero tolerance policy audit and enforcement
action of every disabled part and temporary disabled parking permit application.
Speaker 3 (05:03):
Good.
Speaker 2 (05:04):
So they are going after these people that are abusing
the law.
Speaker 3 (05:08):
Basically.
Speaker 2 (05:09):
You know, my mom has a handicap placard on her
car because she needs it. And you have no idea
how many times I've been in the car with her
where there might just be one or two handicap parking
spots where we're.
Speaker 3 (05:21):
Going, and you see somebody getting out of.
Speaker 2 (05:24):
The car that is very well bodied able to get
out and move, yeah, you know, and it makes you think,
you know, is there are there other physical issues that they.
Speaker 3 (05:34):
Yeah, maybe they have a condition or something.
Speaker 1 (05:37):
And that was the blowback I got when we talked
about the Mount Doris story recently, because I said, you know,
there's a woman in my neighborhood and I don't know,
every time I see her get out of the car
on that parking spot, that handicap parking spot.
Speaker 3 (05:48):
She's able to move around just fine.
Speaker 1 (05:49):
Maybe she does have an underlying condition, but like my
cousin's in a wheelchair, okay, she needs that spot. And
a lot of times, like you said, that spot's not
ava And if it's somebody who can walk two spots
over right, then that's what they should be doing.
Speaker 3 (06:06):
This has gotten.
Speaker 2 (06:07):
Out of I mean, I'm emotionally handicapped sometimes and I
feel like I need one of those cards because I
can't park that far away because I'm gonna start crying.
Speaker 1 (06:15):
Yeah, I mean with the weight I game in the
last year, I do a lot of huffing and puffing
having to park far away. But I do it because
I'm not handicapped. So maybe make it a little bit.
Speaker 2 (06:24):
Uh, there should be a little bit more discernment when
they're handing out these More time.
Speaker 1 (06:29):
To mobility, you know what I mean, those real mobility
issues like that. That's what I think needs to happen here.
I'm glad to see Miami Dade doing this. I was
glad to see Mount Door do it. Everybody should be
doing an audit of what's going on, because there is
no doubt it's out of them.
Speaker 2 (06:44):
My mom can't walk far distances right now, so it's
you know, it's hard for her and it's just very upsetting,
and that I want to go up to the perd.
I would pull a carron out and say, hey, you.
Speaker 1 (06:54):
The park over there, my aunt who the mother of
my cousin who is in a wheelchair, and she sees
that she has in the past taking her lipstick out
and written on the car. No, yes, I don't know. Yeah,
I mean it's outrageous. And how do you like that? Ah?
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Good teaching them a lesson? Sending a loud and clear
message that has spains a lot about you, mister Ryan.
All right, let's get to one more story involving a park.
Speaker 2 (07:26):
Car jesuise ah mother in trouble with the law up
in Jacksonville. Thank goodness that there were well abled bodies
of officers to save a sixteen month old baby locked
in a mini van. The temperature outside read eighty five
degrees December fifth. The mother did call nine one one.
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She says she accidentally left the keys in the car,
the engine was off and the windows were rolled up.
The bodycam footage does show that the mom says that
the child had been sitting in the car for about
twenty five minutes before officers arrived. You know, they had
to break the window and you know, smash the glass
and pull the kid out of the car, which they did,
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and that poor child obviously was in distress because of
the heat, dehydrated. It's just it's incredible the fact that
the mom did act.
Speaker 1 (08:23):
Yeah, yeah, call nine one one. Sounds like it was
an accident. There was nothing criminal necessarily here. Yeah, And
I'm guessing because it didn't take law enforcement twenty five
minutes to show off. I'm guessing she just freaked out,
like you know, and it took her a second get
together herself right right to.
Speaker 3 (08:40):
Call on But she did. And I mean, just think
about that for a second.
Speaker 1 (08:45):
You gotta worry about a kid being in a hot
car on December fifth, Right, Florida. Welcome to Florida, Natalie
Rodriguez with today's stops the temperatures elsewhere.
Speaker 3 (08:55):
Yes, yes, all right, Natalie, have a great weekend. Thanks.
Speaker 1 (08:58):
We start with today's hop Store and Chris Trenkman. Good morning, Chris,
good morning.
Speaker 5 (09:03):
So if you're a Buccaneers fan, and I say this
in all sincerity, you have to start wondering whether the
Bucks will win another.
Speaker 4 (09:12):
Game this season.
Speaker 3 (09:13):
It's true, you know.
Speaker 5 (09:14):
I mean, they lost to a team that had two
wins on the season, and now they've lost to a
team that is also not going to the playoffs now,
and they blew it in the fourth quarter after having
the game wrapped up. Yeah, collapse, And we saw it
in the response from coach Todd Bowles yesterday. I think
he's wondering whether the team can win another game this season.
And when you look ahead to a Carolina team that's
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beaten some of the best in the NFL, a resurgent
Dolphins team, Yep, where do the Bucks fit in in
that scenario if they can't beat Atlanta or New Orleans exactly,
That's exactly right.
Speaker 1 (09:46):
So the Bucks up fourteen points at home in the
second half, they had a twenty eight to fourteen lead.
They had Atlanta backed up to a third and twenty eight,
which Atlanta converted. I mean, Kirk Cousins looked like Joe
Montana out there. Uh. Then they had a fourth and fourteen.
Bucks couldn't get a stop there. They give up the
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final fifteen points and they lose again at home, one
in five in their last six. And you alluded to
Todd Bowles and how angry he was after the game.
Speaker 3 (10:16):
Here's uh, here's a little bit of that.
Speaker 6 (10:18):
You tell them, it's inexcusable. You don't make excuses. We
you gotta care enough where it hurts. You gotta care
enough where it hurts. It gotta mean something to you.
It's more than a job's livelihood. How well do you
know your job? How well can you do your job?
Speaker 1 (10:37):
Well?
Speaker 6 (10:37):
You can't sugarcoat it was in the excusable and he
has no answer for it. That's for no excuse for it.
And that's what you tell him a lot. Look in
the mirror.
Speaker 1 (10:47):
So when a coach gets in front of a microphone
and does that, he's obviously trying to send a message.
Speaker 3 (10:52):
Yeah, no question about that.
Speaker 1 (10:54):
And I think Todd Bowles knows his seat is getting
hotter by the game.
Speaker 5 (10:58):
Absolutely. I mean, you know, Todd Bowles is one of
those coaches. It's a very even keel guy. He doesn't
seem to get phased by anything. Obviously, he's still pretty
even keel. Despite the profanity lace it was still a monotone. Yeah,
that's right, but that is his energy. But I think
that you know, in this particular case, you could tell
that the Bucks are going to have a pretty rough
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extra week of practice. You know, they're gonna have a
couple of extra days because of the Thursday game. Now, look,
Thursday games aren't great. We know that there's a lot
of sloppiness. Teams run out of gas.
Speaker 3 (11:30):
Said it.
Speaker 1 (11:31):
Yeah, we knew it was Atlanta, it was a game
they should win, but and it was a home game.
But those Thursday night games, especially against a division opponent,
you just never know.
Speaker 5 (11:41):
Yeah, and the way they lost, you know, to give
up all those points in the fourth quarter like that,
I mean, it was a total collapse. And unfortunately, you know,
the Buccaneers are just heading in the wrong direction. They
had such a great start to the season and now
it's turning into a disaster. It is, you know, I
mean if they if they lose out for the rest
of the season, we're going to see a lot of changes.
Speaker 3 (11:59):
Yeah, I think so. And they're going up against the Panthers.
Speaker 1 (12:02):
I think what's also notable about that is they'll be
taking on their former offensive coordinator, Dave Knalis And if
you look at the job that he's done with the
Panthers and that organization has been a mess in recent years,
they're playing pretty well and they've got a quarterback who
I don't think is all that good, but he's getting
the most out of them. Plus you've got Liam Cohen
who went to the Jaguars, and I think you have
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a lot of Bucks fans asking themselves did the organization
make a mistake not getting rid of Tai Bulls last
year and advancing Liam Cohen to the head coaching position,
Because you know, with Todd Bowles, I gave him credit
earlier in the season when the Bucks were playing really well.
Speaker 3 (12:40):
I thought he deserved it.
Speaker 1 (12:42):
But I have been consistent over years now that I've
always thought he's more of a coordinator than a head coach.
I didn't trust him in that role because of what
I saw from him when he was coach of the Jets,
and even being a defensive coordinator, you know, at his core,
I think it makes you question the job he's doing
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even more now because it's the defensive side of the
ball that is a complete mess. That's where the collapse
really came from. I mean, the Bucks put up twenty
eight points and couldn't get to win, and so I
think the organization they're gonna have to answer a lot
of questions whether or not the Bucks sneak into the playoffs,
because that's what it would be.
Speaker 3 (13:22):
At this point, I don't think they're going very far.
You know.
Speaker 5 (13:25):
The other thing about it, too, is with these losses,
it's making people sort of second guess what happened at
the beginning of the season. Remember when people were saying
the Bucks were a team with a lot of heart. Yep,
you had a Baker Mayfield, a possible MVP candidate. They're
winning these close games, they're pulling it out of the
last moment. Now we're starting to look at it and
think maybe they were just getting lucky because they're losing
games to teams that really aren't that good. A Sarasota
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mother is speaking out for the first time after her
middle school son accused a staff member at Sarasota School
of Arts and Sciences of inappropriately touching him, one of
several allegations that are under investigation by police. Aaron Evergreen
said that you send your child to school and you
trust the school, the teachers, the staff to care for them.
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The trust is sacred, and then after what she heard
from her son, the trust was shattered in an instant
The twenty one year old arrested on November nineteenth. He's
held in the Sarasota County Jail and he faces three
felony charges, including charges against three different students with incidents
dating back to July. So in the case of this situation,
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it looks like the suspect, Kobe Bradley, may have been
involved in doing this to other students as well.
Speaker 1 (14:43):
Right, the allegations they go back to a summer band camp. Now,
the school hired him in early August, and then you
have the first complaint come weeks later. There's also apparently
some of this behavior captured on surveillance footage. But I
think one of the questions we certainly have if I
were a parent, is what was the vetting process like
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for him? It sounds like there was already an incident,
and maybe they weren't aware of it. It's possible, but
it happened before they hired them, and then they hired them,
and then this happened right away. So I think, you know,
the school's going to have to answer some questions there
about bringing this this twenty one year old on board.
Speaker 3 (15:20):
Yeah.
Speaker 5 (15:20):
Absolutely, And you know, the mother's point is very well taken.
You send your child to school, you're assuming things are
going to be safe. They you know, have security you
can see on the outside, but you can't protect them
when they're inside with teachers who are right there with
them exactly, you know, performing crimes on the students of school.
For decades, businesses like Florida Beach Horses have offered tourists
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a unique and once in a lifetime chance to ride
horses in the bay. Kind of an activity people like
to do where they get photos. Yeah, they're riding a horse.
I mean it looks pretty cool. Yeah, it seems like
it would be fun. However, there are concerns, especially from
groups like the Suncoast water Keeper, that it's these animals
that are defecating in the water and then creating the
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potential to spread infection things like gastro intestinal illness and
other diseases. So there's been a long debate about whether
these horses from this company at Palma Sola Bay are
causing problems. So the City of Bradenton has commissioned to
study and it did find that there's fecal bacteria from
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horses in the water, but it's not clear if it's
anything more than enough to maybe hurt animals like birds
or smaller animals, not necessarily people.
Speaker 1 (16:36):
Yeah, And they're not sure if if that fecal matter
from the horses, if that is really what's showing up,
or if it's just the wildlife and gent like, you know,
a combination of I don't know anybody who's seen or
s defecated before.
Speaker 3 (16:51):
It's got to be doing something to the water because.
Speaker 5 (16:52):
It's a lot that's right right and look it's the bay,
and you know, I don't know if going in that
water is a great idea anywhere, Yeah, but it is
a fun activity. The Suncoast water Keeper thinks that the
data they found that shows that there was fecal matter
is a sign that they need to look at it
even more closely. And the city said they're not going
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to make any long term decisions right now, but one
of the solutions could be have the horses wear diapers
so that they don't defecate directly into the world.
Speaker 1 (17:24):
Well, you see that a lot with like the horse
carriages and stuff like that, where they're trying to keep
the horses from going like just right in the middle
of the street.
Speaker 3 (17:30):
I don't know how that would work in the water.
Speaker 1 (17:33):
They were also talking about limiting the amount of horses
that could be there at the same time. I think
it's like, if you want to go in that water,
then that's on you.
Speaker 3 (17:43):
Yeah, you know, maybe you wear like a special suit.
Speaker 1 (17:45):
Yeah, I mean you wouldn't find me in that water,
like on top of the horse.
Speaker 3 (17:50):
Maybe not like in the water though, swimming.
Speaker 5 (17:54):
Yeah, I mean, you know, look, I think it's a
cool activity in concept, but there's obviously risks involved. Yeah,
And you're gonna just have to decide, you know. The
study was I guess inconclusive. Right, Whether it's enough to
cause the illness is hard to say.
Speaker 1 (18:09):
I mean, if you're in that water and you swallow
a big gulp of that water, then yeah, you man,
he might be getting sick.
Speaker 3 (18:16):
Yeah, I think so.
Speaker 1 (18:18):
So.
Speaker 5 (18:18):
Tampa police jumped into action on Wednesday after a man
slipped while blowing leaves on his roof and was left
dangling from his three story home. And I don't know
if you saw the body, camp, Yeah, but like looking
down that was far like if this guy had not
made it and he was hanging on for dear life. Yeah,
I mean it was you know, like movie times, you know, scenario.
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They showed the video of the dramatic rescue scene. Jason
Sakowski and Officer Caleb Girard rushed to the home. They
found him hanging from the roof. They were able to
get up there, grab him by the wrists and and
pull him to safety until the the fire rescue got
there with the appropriate equipment to get him off the roof.
But they had to sort of calm him down because
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he was clearly embarrassed that they had to come and rescue.
Speaker 3 (19:05):
You kept apologize that's right, and the cops are like, look,
that's what we're here for. Yeah, just chill out, gotta
be all right. Uh do you do that? Do you
get on top of the roof? And Nope, No, I
don't get up there.
Speaker 5 (19:16):
The last time I did anything with the roof something,
my kid threw something right up on the edge by
the gutter. I was able to get a ladder, ladder,
I'm not getting up there now.
Speaker 3 (19:26):
No, I forget it.
Speaker 5 (19:27):
That's that's not gonna happen, especially on a three story home.
Speaker 3 (19:30):
Yeah.
Speaker 5 (19:30):
Yeah, wow, that's a little risky. Yeah, that guy may
have to you know, rethink things. Uh when he you know,
gets up to blow the leaves off, maybe hire somebody.
Speaker 1 (19:40):
Yeah, maybe maybe for something like that. I think that's
probably a good idea. Chris Drankman with today's Top Stories. Chris,
thanks so much. Right now, let's get to today's Top
Stories with Natalie Rodriguez.
Speaker 3 (19:50):
Good morning, Natalie, Good morning.
Speaker 2 (19:53):
Will we start off with three school districts that we've
mentioned in the last couple of months, Browured, Leon, ANDVLUSHA
that are set to participate in this new Campus Guardian
Angel pilot program increasing the safety and security measures in
these districts. The Campus Guardian Angel program it uses drones
that distract active shooters in theory while providing real time
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audio and video feeds to the guardians and law enforcement
during these potential threats on campus. Now, the program is
being fully integrated with the Alissa Alert platform in these districts.
But there's a word of caution this morning from widow
Debbie Hickson, a Marjorie Stone and Douglas High School massacre.
Widow her husband was a coach and shot and killed,
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and Tony Montalto, whose daughter Gina was also among the
seventeen killed at the school.
Speaker 4 (20:45):
Well, they operate normally, or as they're supposed to.
Speaker 3 (20:48):
How is it going to know who it's.
Speaker 4 (20:50):
Attacking, how will the signal strength be?
Speaker 3 (20:53):
What about the students? Is it going to be safe?
Speaker 4 (20:55):
You have to remember we're here partially because communications failed.
Speaker 3 (20:59):
All valid concerns.
Speaker 2 (21:02):
It's a state funded pilot program, it's set to start
next year, and there really hasn't been too much detail
as to how is it going to work? And are
these issues already being addressed? Are they looking into this,
how is this gonna work?
Speaker 3 (21:16):
Yeah?
Speaker 1 (21:16):
I do have some questions, and look, I'm sure there
are answers to a lot of these, but you know,
let's say you have a building on campus where this
is unfolding. How does the drone get into that building
if it's not already there? Are they putting drones, like
you know, in every place possible? I do think just
(21:40):
you know, if you're kind of envisioning what this would
look like. If you've got an active shooter and there's
a drone that's heading that person's way, I could see
that being a distraction and every second counts in a
situation like that, especially if the drone can do something
(22:01):
to really change the focus of the shooter.
Speaker 3 (22:07):
But I do think there are a lot of questions.
I don't know.
Speaker 1 (22:09):
You have kids, Natalie, would this be something that you
would like to see attempted, like a trial run to
see if it works.
Speaker 2 (22:18):
And that's such a heavy question. I don't think so.
I really don't think so. I think, you know, I
think it's a very layered problem, but I don't know
that drones are necessarily the answer.
Speaker 1 (22:37):
I do like the alert system that these destructs are
putting in place. Obviously, there's been a big focus on
making sure door's locked and all of that, and there's
a renewed focus on that in the governor's new budget
proposal based on what happened at FSU earlier this year
with that shooting and some problems with the door locks
and things like that. But I also get what these
(23:00):
parents are saying that, you know, you don't want to
just spend all your time focus on reacting to if
and when a situation occurs. You want to make sure
you're focusing a lot. Yeah, exactly on prevention as well.
So you know, I don't necessarily mind a pilot program
just to see how this works. I also think there
needs to be a cost benefit analysis. We've got, you know,
(23:21):
pilots in Austin Texas. I guess they're going to have
to be what like on standby, you know, to fly
these drones if something were to happen at a moment's notice. So,
you know, I think it'd be interesting to see how
it works, but i'd certainly wait before expanding it, you know,
more broaden reaction.
Speaker 2 (23:37):
We need to do something right, right, So I get it, Yeah,
I don't necessarily agree with.
Speaker 3 (23:42):
It, all right, what else we got going on this morning,
Natalie House Bill six five seven.
Speaker 2 (23:48):
It's establishing the Homeowners Association Dissolution and Accountability Act. So
what this would do is create a legal roadmap for
residents to come completely shut down their ho way And
it was presented by Representative one Carlos Boras of Miami.
And you know, it might just be time we take
(24:10):
a look if ho's are really even necessary.
Speaker 3 (24:13):
You know, maybe we should just do away with homeowner
associations as a whole course.
Speaker 2 (24:17):
And that sounds very good in theory, but you know,
there could be some lashback to this as well. Yeah,
there are a couple of things going on here. You
have some hoa's and we've done the stories on them
where they've gotten a little out of control.
Speaker 1 (24:32):
I mean, they run their operation like a Nazi regime,
but you also have situations where if you don't have
some of those protections in place, you can't trust people
to take care of their.
Speaker 2 (24:43):
Own stuff now, And in a lot of those cases
that we've reported, it's because these not the whole entity
of the HOA, maybe one or two key players inside
of them. They're shady and there's not enough transparency for
the homeowners who are shelling out five hundred six hundred
dollars a month where maybe a year or two ago
it was only costing them about two three hundred dollars.
Speaker 3 (25:02):
So how do you justify that?
Speaker 1 (25:04):
Yeah, and what's interesting about this bill some of the
new details that we've learned, in particular about dissolving these hoas,
because we talked about this bill and this idea. I
think it was like last week, maybe it was earlier
this week, but we have a better idea of what
the setup would look like. So the whole thing would
start if you wanted to dissolve your HOA with a
(25:26):
petition signed by twenty percent of homeowners that forces a
community wide vote. I got to be honest with you,
I kind of agree with some of the critics who
say twenty percent it's a little low. You might want
to have a bit of a higher I could see
all kinds of votes taking place across the state with
the twenty percent threshold. But then to actually abolish the HOA,
(25:47):
that would take two thirds of all voting members to
approve that, So.
Speaker 2 (25:52):
Not just that the hundreds of thousands of dollars, then
fighting those YEA battles that usually take years to eve
and settle because you're not even talking about a resolution
at the end of the day, right, and who's got
the money for that?
Speaker 1 (26:06):
And this bill it does target condo associations too, but
you know, there's a long way to go.
Speaker 3 (26:11):
It still has to go through committee hearings.
Speaker 1 (26:12):
There's no Senate companion bill yet, So we'll see if
this really does become one of those hot button issues
during the upcoming legislative session. But certainly something that you know,
I think a lot of Floridian is going to be
interested in following, that's for sure.
Speaker 2 (26:25):
Yeah, I definitely empowering the homeowner or the resident, giving
them a little bit more and more legal backing to
go against the HIA or those key players that are
part of those has that are making the bad calls
are not being transparent. I think that may be a
better route to go and maybe paying people more.
Speaker 3 (26:42):
Cost of living.
Speaker 1 (26:42):
Yeah yeah, I mean that could all that could all
certainly help living raises. Just say, speaking of raises, it
sounds like there's one entity that might be looking for
a little extra money and there's there's.
Speaker 3 (26:54):
A big need.
Speaker 2 (26:55):
Yeah, there's a big oh no with the ho ho
hos shortage here in South Floor. The demand for Santa
appearances at public events and office parties and these private festivities,
it's at an all time high, so much so that
Santa's with natural white beards are is so much in
demand that local companies are now draw trying to justify
(27:16):
how they're going to jack up the rates of what
they're going to charge for Santa to show up at
your next event.
Speaker 3 (27:23):
It's expensive. That's how the marketplace works.
Speaker 1 (27:25):
You know, there's a high demand, there's a shortage of Santa's,
and so the prices there they're going out.
Speaker 3 (27:31):
Wait, is Santa legally here in the country. I just
want to know.
Speaker 1 (27:34):
That's a good question. I think I think Trump will
give them a pass, But I don't have a naturally
gray I mean, I have some gray if I were
to grow out a beard. I do have the belly though,
so I have acquired that over the course of the
past year.
Speaker 3 (27:51):
So you're not sure, So you can't be an help.
Speaker 1 (27:54):
No, no, So maybe that's something I need to look
into down there in South Florida.
Speaker 3 (27:58):
It be Santa's son, Yeah, right.
Speaker 1 (28:00):
Right, exactly. Eron Natalie Rodriguez Today's Top Stories. Natalie, thanks
so much.
Speaker 4 (28:04):
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