CoCo Times: Mary Hayashi need not apply

Assemblywoman and Neiman Marcus shoplifter Mary Hayashi, who’s termed out at the end of the year, isn’t getting much editorial page love since it became public that she inquired about being appointed to Nadia Lockyer’s old job as an Alameda County supervisor. The Contra Costa Times takes a dim view of that today:

We certainly don't need to replace a recovering addict with a kleptomaniac.