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Rialto, Calif., Officials Banking on Tight Utility Tax Vote.

By Scott Vanhorne, San Bernardino County Sun, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News

Jun. 20--RIALTO, Calif.--Utility-tax money won't start pouring into city coffers for several months, and that's only if a hand recount next week doesn't change the results of the close June 3 election.

Despite that, city officials are already recruiting potential police officers and firefighters in an effort to begin replenishing their public-safety ranks as ...uickly as possible, Assistant City Administrator Kirby Warner said.

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