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Tucson Progressive candidate and proposition endorsements for Election Day

Here’s what you’ve all been waiting for– candidate and proposition endorsements by moi! For the most part on the candidates, I’m keepin’ it local and not getting into the other … Continue reading →

November 2, 2010 · 4 Comments

Connect the dots: Local big businesses are working on a multi-level coup

The Roberts’ Court ruling overturning campaign finance laws in January 2010 opened the gates for corporations to flood the 2010 midterm election with cash… anonymously. Hundreds of millions of dollars … Continue reading →

October 21, 2010 · 13 Comments

This is called ‘not knowing what you are voting for’

In case you can’t read it, one of my messier neighbors has “Yes on 401, Fix City Government” sign in his front of his junk car. This is a perfect … Continue reading →

October 7, 2010

Re: ‘eating their young’? Oh, well…

From the get-go, tonight’s Pima County Democratic Party meeting had the feeling of a showdown on Prop 401, and it was. The room was tense as each member of the … Continue reading →

October 5, 2010 · 2 Comments

Will the Democrats ‘eat their young’ tonight?

Jon Stewart often says that one of the biggest differences between Republicans and Democrats is that Republicans (being more homogeneous) are able to keep their base marching forward in lock … Continue reading →

October 5, 2010 · 2 Comments

Prop 401: The most polite forum… ever

The Feldman Neighborhood, which has a reputation for fiery politics, hosted the most polite community forum ever last night. Was it the gentle ambiance of the historic but hard-to-find St. … Continue reading →

October 5, 2010 · 3 Comments

SALC distributes deceptive pro-Prop 401 mailer

As to be expected during election season, I am greeted with campaign ads in my mailbox nearly everyday. Yesterday, I received the above pro-Prop 401 card (without the circles and … Continue reading →

October 1, 2010 · 8 Comments

In the 1980s, the Tucson Weekly called Tucson the “Baked Apple”.

There have been many lively debates in the Arizona House in 2018. This team of House Democrats fought for consumer protections and fought against risky financial deals in a “regulatory sandbox.” (Pictured are Reps. Mitzi Epstein, Kelli Butler, Athena Salman, Pamela Powers Hannley, Ken Clark and Isela Blanc.)

Protesting cuts to education

We often hear that corporations need migrant workers because Americans “don’t want to do these jobs.” When I hear this statement, I picture farm workers picking vegetables. Recently, I toured two dairies and an animal feed packing plant in Pinal County. The photo above from the Zinke Dairy shows a giant cow milking carousel. Nine migrant workers milk 4000 cows three times a day at this dairy. Legislators watched the two men pictured here– working at a brisk pace– bend over and pick up, lift, and attach large electronic suction cups to the cows as they ride the carousel around the giant facility. This level of automation is the wave of the future for industrial jobs.

Rev. Ron Phares and Pamela Powers Hannley

Jim and I were part of a contingent of Unitarian Universalists who came up from Tucson. Here I am with Rev. Ron Phares from the Mountain Vista UU Church in my district. (Jim is photobombing us.)

A giant poet’s head made up of stainless steel letters marks the stop near the UA Poetry Center.

Rep. Pamela Powers Hannley with members of the Tucson Chapter of NOW on opening day at the Arizona Legislature, 2018.

Protesters hand deliver symbolic big check from corporate American to McCain.

The Living Economy event was very informative; we had a great time hob-nobbing. My husband Jim is a small business owner and a member of Local First Arizona. I have owned two small businesses in the past– Powers/Queen Associates and Wind Dancer Design. We support Local First Arizona and buying/investing locally. We believe that supporting local small businesses with low-interest loans through a public/private partnership between a public bank and community banks and credit unions is the sustainable route to improving our local economy. Trickle down economics doesn’t work; it’s time for new ideas.

The Oberlin Rescuers outside of the Cuyahoga County Jail.

Martin Luther King, Jr. march.

Ironically, I posted this blog post on the anniversary of this election on June 19. 1970ish.

Arizonans for New Economy co-directors Jim Hannley and Pamela Powers Hannley with UA Tech Park VP Bruce Wright.

Pamela Powers Hannley, Progressive Democrat for Arizona House, LD9

Congressman Ron Barber and Pamela Powers Hannley at Cyclovia

#RedForEd teachers and supporters in the Arizona House Gallery, 2018.

A homeless man sleeps in the shadow of corporate America.

Despite the sweltering heat, Jim and I had a great time at the Labor Day Picnic. We collected a lot of Clean Elections $5 donations and signatures. Here I am with LD9 chair Michael Dues.

PDA Tucson Coordinator Jim Hannley speaks against both the crowd management ordinance and the urban camping ban at the City Council meeting.

I have a background in research. Help me build Tucson’s tech industry and grow our own local businesses.

Governor Ducey had proposed increasing prison beds and funding, while cutting education. Protesters took issue with that short-sighted idea.

Protesting migrant deaths in the Arizona desert.

Safe Park, downtown Tucson

Giving the LD9 update at the June meeting. What a great crowd!

We are the 99%.

Rep. Sally Ann Gonzales and I were interviewed by NBC at the Phoenix rally.

It was truly a honor to meet Nevada State Senator Patricia Spearman (center) in October and to confer with her regarding our efforts to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) in Arizona. Spearman led the successful Nevada efforts to ratify the ERA in 2017. Here we are with activist and NOW leader Dainne Post after the ERA workshop at the We the People Conference in Phoenix. There are a lot of Arizona women who are ready to make history in 2018. Watch my blog here and my Facebook page here for ERA updates.

Occupy encampment in Armory Park– before it was cleared out in the middle of the night by Tucson Police.

PDA members, including Advisory Board Chair Mimi Kennedy, protested food stamp cuts in front of Congressman Henry Waxman’s office.

This is a broken sink in the Ladies’ Room at the Arizona State Building in downtown Tucson. One of the elevators also was broken. It’s time to fix Arizona government.

Protesting anti-woman laws at the Arizona state capitol.

Visiting with PALF chairman Fred Yamashita at the 2016 Labor Day Picnic.

Jobs with Justice marching with Occupy Tucson in support of postal workers.

John Nichols of ‘The Nation’ addressed progressives and unionists at a Tucson event.

Rep. Pamela Powers Hannley with Red For Ed

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The Tucson Progressive: Pamela J. Powers

I stand on the side of Love. I believe in kindness to all creatures on Earth and the inherent self-worth of all individuals–not just people who agree with me or look like me.

Widespread economic and social injustice prompted me to become a candidate for the Arizona House, representing Legislative District 9 in the 2016 election.

My platform focused on economic reforms to grow Arizona’s economy, establish a state-based public bank, fix our infrastructure, fully fund public education, grow local small businesses and community banks, and put people back to work at good-paying jobs.

In the Arizona House, I was a strong voice for fiscal responsibility a moratorium on corporate tax breaks until the schools were fully funded, increased cash assistance to the poor, expansion of maternal healthcare benefits, equal rights, choice, unions, education at all levels and protecting our water supply.

After three terms, I retired from the Arizona Legislature in January 2023 but will continue to blog and produce my podcast “A View from the Left Side.”

Tucson Progressive

Category Archives: City Charter Changes

Tucson Progressive candidate and proposition endorsements for Election Day

Connect the dots: Local big businesses are working on a multi-level coup

This is called ‘not knowing what you are voting for’

Re: ‘eating their young’? Oh, well…

Will the Democrats ‘eat their young’ tonight?

Prop 401: The most polite forum… ever

SALC distributes deceptive pro-Prop 401 mailer

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