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Sports, Page 13 Run Sports, Page 13 online at www.connectionnewspapers.com Camps & Schools Money Piles Up In House Race News, Page 3 Requested in home 10-30-09 home in Requested Time sensitive material. sensitive Time Parents Die Postmaster: Attention PERMIT #322 PERMIT Easton, MD Easton, In Auto Crash PAID U.S. Postage U.S. inside News, Page 4 STD PRSRT Photo by Craig Sterbutzel/The Connection Photo www.ConnectionNewspapers.com October 29-November 4, 2009 ❖ Volume XXIII,Fairfax Number Station/Laurel 43 Hill Connection ❖ October 29 - November 4, 2009 ❖ 1 2 ❖ Fairfax Station/Laurel Hill Connection ❖ October 29 - November 4, 2009 www.ConnectionNewspapers.com Laurel Hill/Fairfax Station/Clifton Connection Editor Michael O’Connell News 703-778-9416 or [email protected] 42nd Delegate Race: War of the Words Accusations fly Money Race: in most expensive 42nd District state house race ever. ith two weeks to go until the Nov. 3 Election Day, Photo by Photo W By Julia O’Donoghue the 2009 race for the The Connection 42nd District seat in the House of Delegates is shaping up to be the Julia O'Donoghue ike DeLoose is chair of the most expensive race of its kind in the Springfield District Council, history of Virginia. It is likely to get a collective of community even pricier, since the last few weeks M /The Connection of the election are typically the most associations and homeowners groups across southern Fairfax expensive of the entire campaign County from Centreville to Lorton. cycle. Several local elected officials rely on the /The Connection Together, Del. Dave Albo (R-42) council, particularly DeLoose, to serve as and Democratic challenger Greg the citizens’ voice in on issues as varied as Werkheiser spent a total of approxi- West Springfield High School’s facility short- Craig Sterbutzel mately $1.46 million by Oct. 21 fight- falls to the completion of the Fairfax County ing over a part-time job that pays less Parkway. than $20,000 per year. But DeLoose might never have gotten as by Photo According to the Virginia Public heavily involved in civic engagement or citi- Del. Dave Albo (R-42), pictured Democrat Greg Werkheiser is Access Project, approximately 55,000 zen advocacy had it not been for a knock at with his son Ben, is running for running for the Virginia House of potential voters live in the 42nd Dis- his door from Del. Dave Albo (R-42), who re-election in the Virginia House Delegates seat in the 42nd District. trict, meaning that the campaigns has represented the 42nd District in the Vir- of Delegates 42nd District. combined have already spent about ginia House of Delegates since 1994. $26.50 on each person who could “About 15 years ago, Dave came knock- lican primary elections but also works with Sharon Bulova. They are obviously parti- cast a ballot in their favor. ing at my door, telling me I ought to join several Democratic elected officials, he said. san, but they regularly reach across party In reality, less than half of the the West Springfield Civic Association. I said With the exception of Albo’s time as an lines. They are interested in getting things people who can vote actually turn up ‘Fine, I will. But who are you?’ done,” said DeLoose. at the polls. When Albo and Then, he told me he was president Werkheiser ran against each other for of the organization,” said DeLoose. A SIMILAR LEVEL of praise has the first time four years ago, only DeLoose eventually took over as “We pay more than enough in been heaped on Democrat Greg about 20,000 voters showed up to president of the West Springfield taxes. We need to recover a fairer Werkheiser, Albo’s challenger in the vote in that delegate race. If the same Civic Association and has gotten upcoming delegate election Nov. 3. voter turn out occurs this year, the to work with the delegate, who portion of what we pay.” Werkheiser, who ran against Albo in two campaigns will have already now lives in Fairfax Station, on spent approximately $73 on each — Greg Werkheiser (D) 2005, is hoping to unseat the incum- many community problems. bent in the 42nd Delegate seat, vote cast in the race. DeLoose called Albo, who grew up which spans parts of Burke, Fairfax Incumbents typically have an easier in the area and graduated from West Spring- undergraduate at the University of Virginia Station, Lorton and Springfield. time raising money and Albo, who field High School, a pragmatic and effec- and year in law school at the University of The Democrat has a compelling life story. has been in the legislature since tive politician, who wants to get things ac- Richmond, the Republican has lived and Born and raised in rural Pennsylvania, 1994, is ahead of Werkheiser in terms complished for the local community. worked in the Springfield and Fairfax Sta- Werkheiser’s parents worked multiple jobs, of campaign income. “I’ve known Dave Albo a long time and tion area his whole life. including custodial and domestic positions, From 2008 through Oct. 21 of this he has been in this community for decades. “It is not that Dave is a Republican del- to make ends meet. year, Albo received $776,896.62 in When you talk to him about school facili- egate. It is that he is an effective guy. I put The candidate first came to the Common- campaign donations. He was also ties or roads, he gets it because he knows him in the same class of public servant as wealth to attend the College of William & able to carry over previous funds what you are talking about immediately,” [Democratic state Sen.] George Barker and Mary, his “dream school,” as an undergradu- from his 2006 and 2007 fund-raising said DeLoose, who typically votes in Repub- [Democratic Fairfax County chairman] ate student. efforts, for a total of $843,890.75 But Werkheiser almost overall. did not make it to Virginia, Werkheiser raised $685,385.73 since former Republican during the 2008 and 2009 time pe- Top Donors in 42nd District Race Gov. George Allen, in the riod and had no money to carry over midst of a budget deficit, from a previous election cycle. According to the Virginia Public Access Project, the following are the largest donors for each campaign as of Sept. Albo is the fifth most successful 30. For more up to date information, visit www.vpap.org. cut funding to higher edu- cation in the early 1990s, fund raiser and Werkheiser is the Del. Dave Albo (R-42) resulting in the elimination sixth most successful fund raiser of Donor Location Occupation Donation of the financial assistance all the candidates running for the 100 Virginia Trial Lawyers Association ...................... Richmond .............................. Litigation ................ $21,500 seats up for re-election in the Virginia Medical Society of Virginia ................... Henrico .................. Physicians ................................... $17,500 Werkheiser was supposed to Virginia Bankers Association............... Glen Allen ....................... Banks ................................... $15,000 receive for college tuition, House of Delegates this year. Chris Jones for Delegate ........................ Suffolk ......... GOP House Leadership ......................... $13,700 Of the few people ahead of 42nd Service Distributing Inc. ........................ Lorton.......... Alcohol Distributors.............................. $10,500 said the candidate. Luckily, a man overheard District candidates in the money race, Greg Werkheiser (D) the candidate’s grand- most are members of the Democratic Donor Location Occupation Donation mother complaining about or Republican leadership, such as Democratic House Caucus .......... Richmond ............... Democratic House Leadership$141,448 House Speaker William Howell (R- Democratic Party of Virginia ....... Richmond ............... State Political Party ............................. $110,806 the tuition situation over Suzann W. Matthews ..................... McLean .................Retired Commodities Trader $42,400 breakfast in a local Pennsyl 28) and Democratic House minority Edward Hart Rice ........................... Vienna .................Financial Advisor ................................. $22,100 Fairfax Co. Democratic Cmte. ..... Falls Church ........... County Political Party .......................... $13,356 See Most, Page 7 See Albo, Page 6 www.ConnectionNewspapers.com Fairfax Station/Laurel Hill Connection ❖ October 29 - November 4, 2009 ❖ 3 News Briefs News Parkway Crash Kills Two attention. Family friend Kimber Williams said that Mother, father dead at the family was returning home after picking up food from Bertucci’s, an Italian Restaurant. Photo by Photo scene, leave four children. “They were the best parents ever,” Williams said. “They did everything for their children. Anything the four-car crash in the Pohick area claimed children wanted to go out and try, they’d find a way Chris Webber the lives of the parents of four girls Sat- to do it. It’s a huge loss.” Aurday, Oct. 24. According to Officer Tawny Wright of the Fairfax According to Fairfax County Police, County Police, no one involved was speeding, and Michael K. Merrill, 47, and Jeanne M. Merill, 42, of alcohol was not a factor in the crash. She said that Fairfax Station, were driving north on the Fairfax police are still investigating whether wet road con- County Parkway with three of their four daughters ditions played a role in the crash. First grade students at around 5 p.m. when their Honda Pilot was struck by “Nobody has been charged with anything at this Farm Fresh Clifton Elementary ‘churned’ a Toyota Carolla near the Rolling time,” Wright said. “Speed and al- their own butter to the Road exit.