""She was troubled by how things unfolded and how things operate in the assessor's office," Schreiber said. "Her experience at the assessor's office - and the way it ended - had a very significant impact on her career and her life.""
""not the way I do business.""
""I did an appraisal on the back of a napkin," Kramer told this newspaper. "That infuriated her and her ego. And I'd been telling her for some time that she was being too aggressive with her""
Contra Costa County may face a taxpayer-funded settlement after a lawsuit accused Assessor Gus Kramer of improperly slashing a property's value by millions and retaliating against an employee who raised concerns. The county Board of Supervisors is considering the potential payout. Kramer's career includes campaign finance fines, a court judgment in a prior workplace retaliation case, and allegations of willful or corrupt misconduct that produced a mistrial. Records cite valuation controversies dating to 2009, including an underassessment of Kramer's property and an overvaluation of a developer's lots. Former supervising appraiser Andrea Albrecht left the office after raising alarms. Kramer denied retaliatory behavior and said he performed an informal appraisal.
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