Meanwhile, CTIB member Matt Look, an Anoka County commissioner, said “it’s inappropriate for us to be beating up on one of our members. There have been rumblings [of leaving] in Anoka County, as well. If people want to start pulling a thread on a sweater, then let’s go.”

The headline is a mid-item paragraph from a Strib authored report, "Dakota County takes heat over proposed exit from transit board -- The county is threatening to withdraw its tax money. By Janet Moore Star Tribune - June 15, 2016 — 9:27pm."

Clear from the headline, the report is not about Matt Look, nor primarily about Anoka County.

It just seems strange, my Highway 10 pork, it's a need; their transit pork, it's a want. The old Matt Look wants vs needs conundrum. Matt always right. Per Matt.

UPDATE: While the above is a possibly wrong simplification; it does seem that Anoka County; having gotten Northstar years ago and ahead of arguably higher priority projects; is hardly in possession of clear grounds to now criticize current transit planning and spending. There is something asymmetric to such a viewpoint. Yet at this point Anoka County is not set to exit any particular regional transit process in which it currently is involved. Not by any formal vote of any governing body. Yet.