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News<br />

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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 />

warning.<br />

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Heather’s Headache, knows this.<br />

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

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