A veteran state legislator is now backing environmentalist Theaux Le Gardeur in a Republican primary Baltimore County Council race in which he is running against a well-financed politician with a well-known last name. Earlier this year, State Sen. Chris West told WYPR he was not taking sides in the contest between Le Gardeur and Councilman Nino Mangione in the race for the mostly rural fifth council district seat that runs from the I-695 Beltway to the Pennsylvania line. West now says he supports Le Gardeur, who runs a fly fishing shop and is the Gunpowder River Keeper. Read more (and listen) at WYPR. ...read more read less