Rawlings-Blake's 2014 budget plan includes new taxi, billboard taxes

Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake on Wednesday proposed a $2.4 billion budget calling for new taxes on cab rides and billboards, while giving city workers a 2 percent cost of living pay raise.

The fiscal 2014 budget would close a projected $30 million deficit and piggyback off a 10-year plan the mayor released earlier this year that aims to improve the city’s finances and grow Baltimore by 10,000 families.

The proposed budget, which would take effect July 1, also calls for a 2-cent reduction in…