I agree, it doesn't make me look smart at all. 

If I was smart I would know that ML&P operations are funded through its rate-paying customers and gas sales. 

If I was smart I would know that as owner, MOA receives millions of dollars each year from ML&P in the form of a dividend and gross receipts tax.  

If I was smart I would know the dividend went away last year when the RCA ruled that the operating expenses and debt at ML&P exceeded prudent levels. That ruling stopped approximately 7 million a year in direct payments to the coffers of the MOA or about half of the current budget deficit that Berkowitz claims must make us decide between cops or clean streets. 

If I was smart I would figure out a way to increase the cash on hand at ML&P to get those dividends going again. Now since the top 4 employees only cost just north of 1.1 million dollars a year I'm just not smart enough to know where to start.