Blue-ribbon excuses: shoplifting California lawmaker
19th January 2012
Assemblywoman Mary Hayashi (D-Hayward), who chairs the Committee on Business, Professions and Consumer Protection, has “pleaded no contest to charges that she tried to walk off with $2,500 in clothes.”
She merely tried to do retail what the rest of her Party is doing wholesale. Don’t break out of the herd, dear, or you’ll become a target.
“I am confident that with the close of these proceedings, she will continue to ably serve her constituents with the same talent and passion she has displayed throughout her time in office,” wrote Assembly Speaker John Pérez in a supportive statement.
Oh, I have no doubt….