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Santa Clara County Assessor Pulitzer Prize winning author and Washington Post reporter, Haynes Johnson described Larry Stone as “bright, articulate; an American rarity, a proven political success in a time of political failure.” Longtime San Jose Mercury columnist Scott Herhold said Stone is one of the top 25 most powerful leaders in San Jose, and the third most powerful elected official. He was first elected in 1994 and overwhelmingly reelected in 1998, 2002 and 2006. He has been a financial manager on Wall Street and was the founder of two successful Bay Area real estate investment and development firms. He also served 16 years as a council member and mayor of Sunnyvale during the period the city earned an international reputation for effectiveness and became a model for President Clinton and Vice President Gore’s efforts to reform the federal bureaucracy. Larry Stone also has been an active and effective civic leader in many fields ranging from the arts, to education, to the environment. Author Haynes Johnson described him as “bright, articulate; an American rarity…a proven political success, in a time of political failure.” A native of Seattle, he has an MBA from the University of Washington and has studied at the Institute of Politics at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government. He and his wife Carmen have lived in Sunnyvale since 1970 where they raised three sons. Suggested Questions:
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