Brian Williams should ask Mary Hayashi. The Brain Tumor Defense almost never works. ALAMEDA COUNTY | NBC’s suspended news anchor Brian Williams suggested he “misremembered” disputed events in Afghanistan because of a brain tumor, according to a lengthy expose of the network’s downtrodden… Read More ›
STATE SENATE | 10TH DISTRICT | ANALYSIS | Mary Hayashi said she was ready to discuss real issues at the beginning of a recorded interview with the San Francisco Chronicle editorial board. The focus though started with another round of questions… Read More ›
Bob Wieckowski, Mary Hayashi STATE SENATE | 10TH DISTRICT | When the ball was teed up for Assemblymember Bob Wieckowski to knock out of the park, he instead, asked for an intentional walk. On Saturday, during its endorsement meeting, the… Read More ›
Mary Hayashi ELECTION 2014 | STATE SENATE | 10TH DISTRICT | Outside of Rep. Eric Swalwell, no other East Bay politician has a bigger campaign war chest than Mary Hayashi. However, the considerable bulge in her pocket book came mostly… Read More ›
ELECTION ‘12//ALCO SUPERVISOR DIST 2 | San Francisco District Attorney George Gascon reiterated Thursday morning his office had the goods on Assemblywoman Mary Hayashi following her then-felony shoplifting charge last year. Appearing on KGO’s Ronn Owens radio program, Gascon said… Read More ›
ELECTION ’12//ALAMEDA COUNTY SUPERVISOR DIST 2 | Assemblywoman Mary Hayashi and appointed Alameda County Supervisor Richard Valle are nearly neck and neck in fundraising for the District 2 supervisorial seat, according to recently released campaign finance reports. Hayashi barely scraped past Valle with… Read More ›
ELECTION ’12//ALCO DISTRICT 2 | Mary Hayashi is a fighter. So, it shouldn’t be surprising the only East Bay politician who rivals Nadia Lockyer’s huge negatives is the candidate for her seat most likely victorious this November. I know it’s… Read More ›
ASSEMBLYJune 12, 2012 | A group vehemently opposed to physician-owned therapy referrals along with a senate bill currently sitting in an Assembly committee, registered the first tangible signs that opponents of Assemblywoman Mary Hayashi will be more than willing to use… Read More ›
ASSEMBLY//MARY HAYASHIMay 16, 2012 | The beginning of Mary Hayashi’s political comeback may be underway. Assembly Speaker John Perez announced the appointment Wednesday of Hayashi to the special committee to explore the governor’s proposal to reorganize the executive branch. She is among… Read More ›
NADIA LOCKYER RESIGNSApril 24, 2012 | Neither Neiman Marcus security, misdemeanor, nor benign brain tumor can stop the political aspirations of Assemblywoman Mary Hayashi. The Citizen has learned Hayashi personally contacted three of the four remaining Alameda County supervisors about… Read More ›
Feb. 24, 2012 | Assemblywoman Mary Hayashi’s infamous brain tumor defense may now be applied to her extremely thin amount of legislative activity in the week’s after pleading guilty to misdemeanor shoplifting charges last month. Today is the last day for state… Read More ›
FALL OF HAYASHIJan. 9, 2012 | Sounding resolute, but magnanimous, Assemblywoman Mary Hayashi made her first public statement Monday regarding her guilty plea last week on a misdemenanor shoplifting charge. “I accept responsibility and I offer apologies, not excuses,” Hayashi said… Read More ›
FALL OF HAYASHI Asm. Mary Hayashi in court. ANALYSISJan. 9, 2012 | It’s not quite the Twinkie Defense, but Mary Hayashi’s guilty plea last Friday for shoplifting followed by the shocking admission that a benign brain tumor in her head made her… Read More ›
THE FALL OF HAYASHIJan. 6, 2012 | The lawyer for Mary Hayashi on Friday said a benign tumor in the East Bay Assemblywoman’s brain was at least partially to blame for her shoplifting spree at Neiman Marcus in San Francisco… Read More ›
HAYASHI COURT HEARINGSAN FRANCISCO | Jan. 6, 2012 | Assemblywoman Mary Hayashi may be en route to the San Francisco Hall of Justice today as rumors float of a possible plea being struck. The embattled East Bay lawmaker was not expected to appear for her… Read More ›
Mary, Mary, why you buggin’? FALL OF HAYASHIDec. 20, 2011 | The attorney for disgraced Assemblywoman Mary Hayashi is angling for probation and a downgrade of her charges from grand theft felony to a misdemeanor. Hayashi’s attorney Douglas Rappaport was… Read More ›
SAN FRANCISCO | Dec. 7, 2011 | Embattled Assemblywoman Mary Hayashi will get yet another waiver from appearing before a San Francisco Superior Court. The judge this morning postponed Hayashi preliminary hearing scheduled for today to Jan. 6 to allow… Read More ›
Nov. 15, 2011 | Assemblywoman Mary Hayashi did not appear in court this morning for a preliminary hearing stemming from allegations she stole $2,450 worth of merchandise from a San Francisco Neiman Marcus. According to the San Francisco Chronicle, Hayashi… Read More ›
Nov. 14, 2011 | Alleged shoplifter Assemblywoman Mary Hayashi is scheduled to appear Tuesday before a judge in San Francisco. The two-term lawmaker was charged last month for attempting to steal three articles of clothing worth $2,450 from the Neiman Marcus… Read More ›
