Rep. Andy Westerberg retiring

Republican State Representative Andy Westerberg of Blaine is retiring. He wasn't one of the most visible Republicans at the Capitol, but he was solidly conservative. He strongly supports a Vikings stadium in Anoka County, but I remember him for being a big proponent of spending billions of dollars on a new freeway outside of the existing 494/694 beltway. I don't think he every said where the money would come from for this, or why such a project would do anything other than accelerate sprawl.