Assemblywoman Mary Hayashi’s shoplifting incident raises medical questions
January 5, 2012 – 7:31 pmAssemblywoman Mary Hayashi voted on hundreds of bills last September. She returned to the Capitol last week as leader of a powerful committee.
In between, her lawyer says, a benign brain tumor affected her judgment and contributed to a shoplifting arrest.
The Castro Valley Democrat declined Monday to discuss the brain tumor, when it was diagnosed, or what role it played when she walked away from a Neiman Marcus without paying for nearly $2,500 in clothing a pair of leather pants, a black skirt and a white blouse.
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