After 30 years as Santa Clara County’s assessor, Larry Stone retired in July, triggering a Nov. 4 special election to select his replacement.

Neysa Fligor is, far and away, the most qualified of the four candidates vying to lead the office responsible for setting tax values for more than 500,000 properties assessed at more than $750 billion.

Fligor, a former attorney for Santa Clara County, has represented the assessor’s office in contentious appeals over property values. Last year, after nine years in the private sector as a senior attorney for HP, she went to work for Stone serving as special assistant to the assessor and, since he retired, assistant assessor.

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Currently second in command, Fligor is responsible for the 250-person office’s day-to-day operations. includ

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