{"id":1627,"date":"2012-07-19T22:16:03","date_gmt":"2012-07-20T02:16:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.flascience.org\/wp\/?p=1627"},"modified":"2012-07-19T22:16:03","modified_gmt":"2012-07-20T02:16:03","slug":"second-out-of-the-gate-alachua-county","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.flascience.org\/?p=1627","title":{"rendered":"Second out of the gate: Alachua County"},"content":{"rendered":"

First there was Pinellas County<\/a>. And then there was Alachua County<\/a>. Seriously. I can’t make this stuff up. Truck driver Jodi Wood is running for the second time after a campaign in 2010 to get elected to the School Board.<\/p>\n

Wood has identified himself as a Christian who believes in creationism, and he said evolution should be taught in schools as a theory and not \u00e2\u20ac\u0153as fact.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Theories should not be taught, or they should be taught with the identification that they are theoretical conclusions,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d he said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The hilarity just never ends, does it?<\/p>\n

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First there was Pinellas County. And then there was Alachua County. Seriously. I can’t make this stuff up. 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