Rawlings-Blake's 10-year financial plan includes new taxes

Tax hikes for advertisers and taxi cab rides, as well as reforms for nonprofits tax agreements, highlighted Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake’s plan to improve city finances over the next 10 years.

One of the major drivers for the plan is to increase the city’s population by 10,000 families over the next 10 years and to avoid a massive financial deficit during the same period.

Rawlings-Blake unveiled highlights of the plan during a speech Wednesday at the Walters Art Museum. Some details were…