on the november ballot, voters wiil allow to remove the thresholds and llow the city t3 set new ones.or says are simply out dated. >> we need to be able to streamline what we're able to do and make government more efficient. >> it's just worries meea lot. >> reporter: but city3 councilwoman pat clark is critical of the allot question, because t doesn't allow voters to decide what the new thresholds will be. >> we are saying, don't worry. the city ccuncil will pass new thresholds. whaa the board is doing. >> repprter: there are often -rotests before the board of estimates from those who year after that 28,000 office %-spend.s want more latitude to we're not eliminating accountabiiity, we're not eliminattng the checks and balances. we're just raising the threshold format tearr that nee!!for, mate the board. >> reporter: for now the sameú %-glimpse of tte office thht thy nevvrrknew they purchased. those taxpayers have another spending deciiion to make inú november. jeff ables, fox 45 morning news. >>> a year afttr ttat office was upgraded, david scott resigned from the department of publ

beyond that the planning code and zoning administrator sbragse over the pasta,llowed delis and that kind of thing to operate as an accessry to the use, typically there is some seating outside for that. this use is different. they came in for the small self service restaurant because they will have seating inside. they are serving other types of hot dishes. the market that you spoke of earlier in glen park has a deli. they serve sandwiches. you can go in and get sandwiches. they have prepared foods that you sell in a case that you purchase to take home or give it to them and they will warm it up for you but they do not function as a restaurant. so beyond that, that is pretty much what the other stores are doing. the canyon market in glen park does that. buy rite on 18th does the same thing and most of the other small markets have a deli component because it is a very profitable thing for them and helps them make extra money. their main thing is selling groceries. >> i guess my question is more of the mom and pops that you see throughout the city probably do in fact have a higher than 15%

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stunts at the university of maryland have received several safety alerts in recent weeks llowing a string of robberies. there have been six such crimes since august 8th. it's unclear if some of the crimes are related. the most recent happened early sunday morning in the parking lot of the college park shopping center. in some of the cases the suspects have been armed th guns. in other cases they have assaulted their victims before robbing them. and some of the victims were university of myland students. other cases, though, the victims were people who happened to be in the area. folks are being aske to be particularly careful when walking aound between the hours of 2:00 and 4:00 a.m. back to you in the studio. >> megan mcgrath in college park. megan, thank you very few. >>> middle and high school referee is accused of possessing child porp gravy. the only reason investigats made the discovery is a fire happened to break out at his neighbor's house. 51-year-old mark bargett is chargedwith 10 counts of child pornograp pornography. as firefighters inspected the residence for fire damage afte

coming up this afternoon at "news 4 at 4:00," we'll tell you what's being said today llowing the meetingween d.c. mayoral nominee vincent gray and school chancellor michelle rhee. also at 4:00 this afternoon, caring for an aging relative can be very difficult. we'll have some expert advice for you on how to handle what can be a daunting task. >>> then tonight at 5:00, too sexy for sesame street? why the show decided to pull a skit featuring pop star katy perry from the air waes. hose stories plus your first forecast starting on "news 4 at 4:00." >> we'll see you then. pat, thanks so much. >>> time now for a final check of our forecast. meteorologist tom kierein joins us right now. >> well, looks and feels like summer time on this first full day of astronomical autumn. there is wasngton off in the distance. a summer-like haze as we approach the noon hour. right now, temperatures have climbed into the 80s throughout most of the region and will peak in the low and mid-90s by mid afternoon, due to weak and high pressure. due to sunshine and a weak southwesterly flow that's tapping in heat fr

>> we continue to llow breaking news on the capital beltway, in maryland, with a jackknifed tractor trailer. virtually blocking the entire inr loop of t beltway, just after t exit of the i-270 spur. but before you get to old georgetown road. right now, authorities are on the scene trying to get the tractor trailer squared away. in the meantime the beltway is delayed coming up from river road, growing very, very quickly. if you're planning on heading thatdirection, don't. second option take the 270 spur and circumvent the delays that way. right now very little traffic geing by on the inner loop. let's head on over speaking of 270. southbound traffic pretty good here in germantown. however, that's a little deceiving. just down the road a new accident ju reported with two lanes closed off, 270 southbound at falls road. i'm sure that authorities are dealing with more accidents before this camera. we'll keep u updated on that. elsewhere, this is 95 virginia, where we've had a series of accidents. latest of which here, dale city, still being tended to. so right now from at least triangle all the

. >>> here are the stories we are ú%llowing this morning.anned porter's killing. he was shot in march as he to trial nd he was found guilty on monday. >>> gop lawmaaerssvoted agaiist the defense bill that wooud have lifted the ban on gays serving openly in the millitary. it also included $725 billion in defense spending and pay raases for merrcan troops.ú narnlgtmajority leader harry es he illlbring up thh issue up again inna lame duck session after the november election. security officers are told to ditch theeblonde weave. they were received a disciplinary warning from a supervisor sayinggthey would be written up and fired if they continued to wear blonde wwaves. one attorney says that texas is an at will state and employees can be told ow to dress andú look on the job, s long as the emplooer doesnnt base his rules on race or gender. >>> it's the view from thh top. maayland's chesapeake bayy lighthouses this month. marring we from hmargo is here good morning to you. >> nothing is more beautiful than a lighthouse. i didn't realize there wer

. %> if your schedule doesn't llow you to go is there another ú%y that they can ave donntions come onlineland's ú%mily'sssuccess. >>> laterra game ddy surprise,,3 what brought one football player -o tears. we will let you know. 8:28 is the time. you are watching fox 45 morning neww, all looal alllmor >>> welcome back to fox 45 morning nnwss 8:30 is thh time. i'm patrice harris. >>> wwking up to a rainy morning but ravens fans aren't too upset. >> not the all, don't mind the rain not theeleast. >> let's check out the rain and -ee how long it's going to last. >> it's the clevelanddtears. >> they ought to be happy that they did as well as they did. >>they did betttr thaa expected. >> for us,,a win to win, happy. as far as the rain, it's aa3ú winning situation because we not as pretty as one may want it ú% to be. it's going tt be a bit oo a rainy one wwth showers thht wee3 heavier this morning, but now scattered showers around. %-into the evening.today nd see thh moisture and a lot of tropical moisture now. 71 degrees the temperature in baltimore. 73 in salisbbry aadd61 in salisbury. the temm

are a little bit bumpy in the market, and they say the market is up or it's down and people tend to llowu don't want to do that. you probably want to end up buying when prices arep and selling when they're lois the opposite you want to do. >> basically you want to look at what your individual goals are. >> exactly, look at your portfolio, set up aumatic investing. you can consider target date mutual funds. they reset automatically as you approach your retirement date, so if you tend to be somebody that follows the herd, that might b good for you because your money is somhere else and somebody else is taking care of it. >> what about asset allocation? >> a lot of people put all their money bonds because they're losing all this money. you want to have some sort of inflatio protection and stocks tend to do that over time. >> then you s continue to own and buy stocks? >> you want to continue to buy stocks, and if you've got bonds in your portfolio, a lot of people went to long-term bonds, and that can be a problem depending on what inflation does. >> big mistakes people make are unexpecting