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By Rob Wile<br />
<strong>The</strong> <strong>Connection</strong><br />
<strong>The</strong> death of one’s child is<br />
an unthinkable tragedy,<br />
and for the parents of victims<br />
of Sudden Infant Death<br />
Sydrome (SIDS), it comes without<br />
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In 2005, Heiner lost his twomonth-old<br />
son Brady to SIDS in<br />
the infant’s first week at daycare.<br />
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day,” he said. “It’s always a shock<br />
for SIDS parents — it was completely<br />
unexpected. You don’t have<br />
any reason to believe that anything<br />
is amiss.”<br />
Politics<br />
Mt. Vernon native Brandon<br />
Heiner has been playing in<br />
Heather’s Headache for<br />
seven years.<br />
In the best way he knows,<br />
Heiner hopes to ensure that D.C.area<br />
parents will not have to face<br />
See Benefit Show, Page 5<br />
For Ebbin, A Jump to the Left<br />
A theme for Del. Adam Ebbin (D-49) in this year’s General Assembly<br />
session has been bans. He proposed a ban on the sale of<br />
energy-wasting appliances and a ban on incandescent light bulbs.<br />
He also proposed a five-cent tax on plastic and paper bags used<br />
by grocery stores, as well as a measure that would prohibit discrimination<br />
based on sexual orientation in public hiring.<br />
All of these bills failed, with none even making it to the floor of<br />
the House. According to Ebbin, this wasn’t surprising.<br />
“I try to introduce a balance of bills between ones that have a<br />
reasonable chance at passing and bills that start a public discussion<br />
that’s needed on important issues,” he said. “I wanted to<br />
stimulate discussion and move the issue forward.”<br />
Ebbin represents an overwhelmingly Democratic district that<br />
encompasses most of South <strong>Arlington</strong> along with parts of Alexandria<br />
and Fairfax. He acknowledges that his agenda this year,<br />
especially the bills that had little chance of passing, plays well<br />
among his “more progressive constituencies.”<br />
“But that’s not how I plan my agenda,” he said. “<strong>The</strong>se issues<br />
really matter to me. Every year that we don’t address important<br />
environmental issues is a year that we fall further behind. … And<br />
I don’t think that the environmental issues should be considered<br />
‘left.’ To me, they’re really common sense.”<br />
Ebbin also proposed a bill that would keep polls open for an<br />
extra hour on Election Day, which died in committee, and another<br />
bill that would broaden the definition of human trafficking,<br />
which is still being considered. But with Virginia’s multi-billion<br />
dollar gap in spending, Ebbin said that his biggest concern<br />
right now is the budget. “We’ve had such a huge shortfall in revenue,”<br />
he said. “It threatens so many things.”<br />
— David Schultz<br />
Hynes Backs Wagner<br />
<strong>Arlington</strong> County Board Member Mary Hynes (D) endorsed Jody<br />
Wagner, the former Virginia Secretary of Finance, for Lieutenant<br />
Governor. Wagner was also endorsed by Fairfax County Supervisor<br />
Cathy Hudgins (D), Alexandria Mayor Bill Euille (D) and Alexandria<br />
City Council Members Del Pepper (D), Tim Lovain (D)<br />
and Paul Smedberg (D).<br />
2 ❖ <strong>Arlington</strong> <strong>Connection</strong> ❖ February 25 - March 3, 2009 www.<strong>Connection</strong><strong>Newspapers</strong>.com<br />
Photo courtesy Brandon Heiner