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STILL DOWN: Others may be recovering from the economic slump, but the county’s second-largest city largely is dependent on tourism and defense industries and continues to suffer. . . . The city finances a quarter of its budget with its hotel room tax, but while the tax is up 2%, the revenue remains flat. . . . “It has been said that Southern California will be the last part of the country to recover, and Anaheim is certainly taking its hits,” says city budget analyst Jeff Stone.
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