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Neighborhood groups hold community forums on Props 400-401

Today, September 30, and Monday, October 4, two neighborhood groups will host community forums on Propositions 400 and 401, which will be on the November ballot. Prop 400 would increase … Continue reading →

September 30, 2010

Tucson’s downtown hotel: To be or not to be? (Part 1)

Since he took office, City Councilman Steve Kozachik has been trying to hold the Mayor’s and other council members’ feet to the fire on the new downtown hotel deal. The … Continue reading →

September 27, 2010 · 5 Comments

The vision thing: I vote for Hurricane Hazel for mayor (video)

As I have said on many occasions, Tucson lacks “the vision thing”. In my opinion, we need a strong mayor to lead us out of our economic and social problems– … Continue reading →

September 17, 2010

Props 400-401 townhall today

Ward 6 City Councilman Steve Kosachik will be hosting a townhall on 2 propositions which will be on the November ballot– Prop 400 which would increase the city’s sales tax … Continue reading →

September 16, 2010

Tucson City Charter: ‘It’s old, so let’s get rid of it.’

This morning Arizona Public Media aired a balanced report on Prop 401 by Robert Rappaport. Several pro-401 corporate talking heads were interviewed, and Tom Prezelski, former state legislator and chair … Continue reading →

September 14, 2010 · 2 Comments

Buzz words abound at Prop 401 kick off

The weather is cooling down, just as the politics heats up in Tucson and across the nation. Yesterday, the Yes on Prop 401 supporters held a press conference to formally … Continue reading →

September 10, 2010

I got scared yesterday but Keith and Gabby helped me through it

I was scared and depressed yesterday by the time I left work. Too much talk radio can do that to you, and I don’t listen to the really horrible shows … Continue reading →

September 9, 2010

The Oberlin Rescuers outside of the Cuyahoga County Jail.

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

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.)

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.

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

We are the 99%.

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

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.

Safe Park, downtown Tucson

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

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

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

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

A homeless man sleeps in the shadow of corporate America.

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.

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 cuts to education

Rep. Pamela Powers Hannley with Red For Ed

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

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

Protesting migrant deaths in the Arizona desert.

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.

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

Martin Luther King, Jr. march.

Protesting anti-woman laws at the Arizona state capitol.

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

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

Pamela Powers Hannley, Progressive Democrat for Arizona House, LD9

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

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.)

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

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

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

Desconocido (unknown)

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

Congressman Ron Barber and Pamela Powers Hannley at Cyclovia

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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.”

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Category Archives: City Charter Changes

Neighborhood groups hold community forums on Props 400-401

Tucson’s downtown hotel: To be or not to be? (Part 1)

The vision thing: I vote for Hurricane Hazel for mayor (video)

Props 400-401 townhall today

Tucson City Charter: ‘It’s old, so let’s get rid of it.’

Buzz words abound at Prop 401 kick off

I got scared yesterday but Keith and Gabby helped me through it

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