Reston Terror Trail News, Page 3 Classifieds, Page 15 Classifieds, ❖ Sports, Page 18 ❖ Entertainment, Page 12 ❖ Opinion, Page 6 Eric O’Brien, 15, Going to and Grace Touring McCarthy, 15, man the “troll bridge,” The Polls Town Center one of the stops News, Page 3 along the Trick or News, Page 4 Treat Trail. PERMIT #86 PERMIT Martinsburg, WV Martinsburg, PAID U.S. Postage U.S. PRSRT STD PRSRT Photo by Alex McVeigh/The Connection by Alex McVeigh/The Photo online at www.connectionnewspapers.com www.ConnectionNewspapers.comNovember 3-9, 2010 ❖ Volume XXIV, Number 44 Reston Connection ❖ November 3-9, 2010 ❖ 1 Reston Connection Editor Kemal Kurspahic News 703-778-9414 or
[email protected] New Districts Will Alter Political Layout County could lose House seat in redistricting, likely Democratic one. Get Involved By Stephen Groves The Senate’s Privileges and Elections Committee is conduct- Virginia Statehouse News ing hearings across the state Northern Virginia District Projections about legislative redistricting. s Virginia prepares The deviation from ideal indicates how much change could be required in each district. The public hearing Northern Vir- ginia is Thursday, Nov. 4, 7 p.m., to redraw its vot- SENATE DISTRICTS- IDEAL DISTRICT- 197,277 Herndon Town Council Cham- ing lines to match- Senate Total Estimated Total % Deviation Number difference Incumbent bers, 765 Lynn St., Herndon A District population 2000 Population 2009 fromestimated ideal fromestimated ideal up with the latest 30 174,712 196588 -0.3% -689 Patsy Ticer (D30) census numbers, the north- 31 174,500 188293 -4.6% -8,984 Mary Margaret Whipple (D-31) ern part of the state looks to 32 177,755 184926 -6.3% -12,351 Janet Howell (D-32) than two months to have new dis- gain a larger section in the 33 262,751 302342 53.3% 105,065 Mark Herring (D-33) tricts approved.