Comments on: Assemblywoman Hayashi charged with shoplifting

By: terry jones

terry jones — Sat, 19 Nov 2011 20:55:10 +0000

tip of the iceberg—mary should be looked at a little closer for “possible” kick backs from AMA??

By: RR, Senile Columnist

RR, Senile Columnist — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 23:35:41 +0000

Maybe Ms Hayashi should share her wardrobe with the “Occupy” gals.

By: Lars54

Lars54 — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 15:05:53 +0000

It’s well known that Hayashi dresses like Gwyneth Paltrow, so while she is claiming she is innocent and that this was all a mistake you have to wonder. If I were her lawyer I would suggest she dress down for awhile, be “seen” all over the place in track suits and jeans. The fact that she is a clothes horse just dovetails with the DA’s case, the DA can argue at trial, ” The need to dress like a movie star drove Ms. Hayashi into a life of crime, it was a one more drink kind of thing, first she started lifting small items, than moved on to 2,000 cocktail dresses…. I mean you can see the DA running with this, those DA’s, they can work up a good story line mighty quick…

By: Lisa Vorderbrueggen

Lisa Vorderbrueggen — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 21:59:23 +0000

FactChecker: You’re right, sort of.

Hayashi lives in the newly drawn 10th District, which stretches from Castro Valley south through Union City, Fremont, Milpitas and Santa Clara. The new 10th District incumbent is Sen. Elaine Alquist, D-Santa Clara, but Alquist terms out in 2012, a full two years before voters will select a new senator. (Voters alternate between even and odd-numbered districts: Odd-numbered districts will appear on the ballot in 2012; even-numbered districts in 2014.)

Under the old maps, Castro Valley was split into senate districts represented by old 10th District Sen. Ellen Corbett, D-San Leandro and 9th District Sen. Loni Hancock, D-Berkeley. Corbett was drawn into District 9 and Castro Valley was shifted in its entirety to the new District 10.

So, who is the incumbent in Castro Valley? I’m told that Corbett will continue to represent all the constituents of her old district until she terms out. The portions of the new District 10 represented by Alquist alone will have no designated senator until voters choose one in 2014.

Whew.

By: lars54

lars54 — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 14:59:31 +0000

If Hayashi does run for Senate down the line you can anticipate when she hits a campaign event people will be thinking, ” I wonder if that $2,000 dollar dress she has on or those $400 pumps are paid for?”. I just don’t see how she is going to run for Senate with this shoplifting scandal now in the record. Look, many people in that district are major clothes horses, but when your addiction to clothes get so out of hand you stop paying for them, you’ve got to maybe consider “shoppers anonymous”. In fact, I think the only way to salvage Hayashi’s career is for her to go into “recovery”, she needs to check into a facility – like Lindsay Lohan – for credit-card-addicted clothes horses. Do they have programs like this?

By: Henry

Henry — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 08:05:34 +0000

Mary: Got Receipts?

The authorities should get a search warrant for her closet, and see if there’s other Neiman Marcus stuff there not covered by charges on her credit card.

By: lars54

lars54 — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 03:50:41 +0000

A lot of people who live in that district Hayashi represents have to have the latest clothes, cars, cell phones etc., there is heavy pressure to “keep-up-with-the-jones-es”. Deliberatly not paying for these expensive things when you are out shopping, of course, is one way to cut spending and get the latest fashions trends at the same time. So maybe – given how materialistic and status concious people are in Alamo, Danville, San Ramon, Pleasanton – Hayashi is the “right” person to be the assemblywomen. I mean I have noticed that area historically leads the bay area in white collar crime. I recall reading in the Times a book-keeper at St. Isadore Church in Danville embezzled $400,000 from church funds – using the funds to buy a Mercedez Benz. So perhaps Hayashi “caper” is very much in keeping with that area.

By: Vera

Vera — Sat, 29 Oct 2011 22:09:34 +0000

Of course she forgot. I always walk out of stores with over $2500 worth of merchandise and just forget about it.

By: KJ

KJ — Sat, 29 Oct 2011 08:19:31 +0000

Assemblywoman Hayashi needs to resign. She is part of the 1% living up in a gated community in the Hayward Hills on the Stonebrae TPC Golf Course. Her big shot judge of a husband can’t save her from this, no matter how many favors he phones in. This is not the first time she has shoplifted either. Check with the Pleasanton Police and Stoneridge Mall. Your Senate bid is over. Booyah!!

By: John W

John W — Sat, 29 Oct 2011 06:31:30 +0000

Crime doesn’t pay. I lifted an Almond Joy candybar out of an A&P store when I was 5 and discovered that I was allergic to coconut when I choked on the thing. I think the Chicago “Cold Case” unit is still looking for the thief, but the forensic evidence is gone.