Wilmington Mayor’s Debate — Social Justice Edition

Last Monday night, the candidates running for Wilmington Mayor met at the New Destiny Fellowship Church to take questions from members of the Black Clergy Consortium. All of the candidates showed for this debate, except for Robert Marshall, who, in spite of telling lots of people he's really in, is looking like he may not have the stomach for it. Selara Gatewood was also at this event, and this was probably the first time people got a chance to see and hear her.

Who Gains Most from Tax Breaks

David Leonhardt and the NYT have created another outstanding graphic trying to explain the landscape of current tax policy. This one shows what taxpayers get the greatest benefit from the various tax breaks currently in the code by income group. Click on the image for the larger graphic or click here if that doesn't work. This graphic is part of a great explainer that lays out what happens and the stakes for the coming end of lots of government benefits in January 2014.

Why Would FOIA Not Apply to the Wilmington Mayor’s Office?

DelCOG (and John Flaherty) informs us of something pretty alarming -- that AG Biden's office officially thinks that the Office of the Wilmington Mayor is *not* covered by FOIA. How can that be, you ask? According to the DelCOG letter, the AGs office has issued an opinion at the Wilmington Mayor's office is not subject to FOIA because the Mayor's office is a 1 person agency.

Draft Your Own Tax Fairness Plan

The folks at Splitwise (an expense sharing application) put up a model that will let you change tax brackets and deductions in order to work out a fairer tax plan. Part of what is interesting about this is that you can save your plan and submit it to the community for a vote. Splitwise will submit the top voted plans to Congress.

Sunday Open Thread [4/15/12]

So what's on your mind today? Tax Day this year is April 17, but in honor of everyone who is trying to get their taxes in order today, we have this video showing you how to get a tax rate like Mitt Romney's. This video is about 1 minute long and put down all drinks first. It's hilarious!