Category Archives: Election season ’08

Silly season in Seminole County

The Orlando Sentinel editorial board made its recomendations for various school board elections. Is it any surprise that evolution comes up at some point? Concerning the Seminole County school board district 4 seat: We are hard-pressed to find a reason … Continue reading

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Evolution in school board elections: Broward

It amazes me that one particular school subject — evolution — becomes an issue in school board elections. If you sit back and think about it, wouldn’t it be silly to see the issue of comma placement as taught in … Continue reading

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Science on the national political stage, part II

I had posted here a little while ago that presidential candidate Barack Obama had responded to science-focused questions posed by ScienceDebate 2008. In that earlier post I had included his answer to question 4 (science education question) in full. So, … Continue reading

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Science on the national political stage

Just some brief notes about science in the presidential campaign here. Barack Obama responded to 14 science-related questions posed by ScienceDebate 2008. Question 4 is about science education. Here is his response: 4. Education.  A comparison of 15-year-olds in 30 … Continue reading

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Silly season in Brevard

Florida Today makes some recommendations for the Brevard County School Board. The four other candidates for the seat [District 4] — Richard Contreras, Karen Henderson, Dean Paterakis and Tom Wuchte — also want to boost education in Brevard, but lack … Continue reading

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How did your lawmakers rate?

The Christian Coalition of Florida issued a legislative scorecard listing all of the bills from this past session the group deemed important enough to support or oppose. The group then listed all the members of the Senate and House and … Continue reading

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More silly season fun

Florida Citizens for Science has assembled a listing of all candidates running for the state Senate and House. We’ve included websites for the candidates as we could find them. Also of interest for anyone in Clay County: An organization active … Continue reading

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Silly Season: Florida House, District 71

Republicans Chris Constance and Ken Roberson are vying for the Florida House in District 71. FYI: He [Constance] has endeavored, along with Roberson, to portray himself as the candidate of the Republican right (both support requiring public school teachers to … Continue reading

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