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West Virginia Delegate Overington: I accomplished most of my goals

By JIM McCONVILLE

The Journal

John Overington, R-Berkeley, is stepping down down from the House of Delegates at the end of the year after a 34-year tenure.
(Journal file photo)

MARTINSBURG, W.Va.  — West Virginia House Delegate John Overington, who steps down from the House of Delegates at the end of the year after a 34-year tenure, said he accomplished most of the goals he had set out to do when he came to Charleston in 1983.

Overington, R-Berkeley, said he came to Charleston motivated by three or four issues that included passing a balanced budget amendment on the federal level.

“At that time in the 1980s, we had 31-32 states that had passed an Article 5 balanced budget amendment,” Overington said. “At the time, I felt that we were taxing the next generation by leaving them with this debt. If West Virginia had then become number 33, it would have put Congress under a lot of pressure, and they would have felt we’ve got to do it ourselves.”

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