BEAUFORT The County Board of Education delayed action Monday on a proposed $27.8 million local budget thats 28 percent more than the current year, largely to meet unfunded state mandates.

That amount includes $22.8 million for operations and $5 million for capital.

The board will resume talks Tuesday during its regular meeting, allowing more time to get questions answered on the operations budget. The board didnt discuss the capital side of the budget Monday because members had previously agreed on the capital request at an earlier meeting.

Once the school board approves its total request, the proposed budget has to go to county commissioners for funding approval. The county board had asked the educators to submit their request Thursday, but Superintendent Dr. Dan Novey said he planned to contact County Manager Russell Overman to inform him of the delay.

The 28 percent increase concerned school board member Mark Mansfield.

If it comes to a 2-cent tax increase, will they do that? he asked during the special meeting held in the school systems central office on Safrit Drive.

Board member Cathy Neagle replied, Will they cut services or stay with a good school system? Our overall goal here is to maintain the same level of programs.

State and federal money also make up the school systems budget, but totals wont be available until later in the year after the General Assembly convenes. The current years budget total is $73.2 million for the combined funding of federal, state and county funds.

Of the proposed $22.8 million for operations, $22 million would come from the county. Thats 17 percent more than the $18.8 million appropriated this fiscal year. The fiscal year starts July 1.

The remaining amount comes from fines and forfeitures, sales tax reimbursements, tuition, fees and other sources.

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Budget totals $27.8 million

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Patrick of Dallas, TX had been towing with his 2012 Toyota FJ Cruiser for months, until a run with a rental trailer turned his truck into a ball of fire. Can we figure out what happened?

Patrick took to FJCruiserForums to share his plight, video and a few pictures as well as a detailed account of the incident and some advice to other owners hoping to hook up trailer wiring to an FJ. But most importantly, he described his hypothesis as to why his off-roader was consumed by fire and reduced to rubble.

Yes, it's in portrait mode. Let's move on.

Basically, he'd had his trailer wiring installed by a professional and the truck had been towing his camper for a couple incident-free years. The camper used a seven-pin connector. On the day he pulled a rented utility trailer from Home Depot, requiring him to hook up his four-pin connector for the first time, he was flagged down by another motorist who was alarmed to observe the FJ was billowing smoke.

Patrick had been towing the trailer for inside twenty minutes.

He called 911 and the fire department was dispatched quickly, undoubtedly using some of the car-fire extinguishing techniques we've discussed before. The fire was put out, the Dallas Fire Department satisfied with the scene's safety, and a tow truck was sent to pick up the scorched FJ.

But by the time the wrecker could arrive on scene, about an hour later, smoke appeared again... and soon 4X4 was completely engulfed in flames and obliterated. DFD returned to finish the job, assuredly with a little embarrassment.

Patrick has some ideas about what might have happened, but he admits his assessment is speculative and declines to specify the wiring installer "in case he's wrong," which is a classy move. What the hell do you think happened here?

In his own words:

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Did Faulty Trailer Wiring Burn This FJ Cruiser To The Ground-- Twice?

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