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Article: White mopping up in two arenas: ; Finance chairman returns from flood zone to wade through budget
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- Charleston Daily Mail
- Article date:
- May 29, 2009
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House Finance Chairman Harry Keith White, D-Mingo, has been the
cleanup guy in more ways than one in recent weeks.
The affable 63-year-old former Navy pilot, who served in Vietnam,
jokes he's the most popular delegate this time of year as the
Legislature tackles the next state budget.
White has fielded numerous amendments and requests from
colleagues seeking additional funds for pet projects - attempts that
have been derailed due to the need for a fiscally responsible budget
in these tough economic times.
White, however, spent the past few weeks doing a different sort
of job, entrenched in what he deemed a "war zone" a good 80 miles
from the splendor of the golden Capitol dome.
A lifelong ...