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Pima County Supes Give LD9 Appointment to the Men

Today, the Pima County Board of Supervisors gave the LD9 seat recently vacated by Rep. Victoria Steele to one of the male candidates whose name was put forward. Three names … Continue reading →

January 19, 2016

Tucson Then & Now: How Far Have We Come in 35 Years? (video)

Tucson was a happening place back in 1981 when I moved here. Earthquakes in California and blizzards in the Midwest had prompted waves of migration to the sun belt. The … Continue reading →

January 5, 2016

Transitions for the New Year: I’m ‘In It To Win It’

The beginning of a New Year is often a time for transitions. On Monday, January 4, 2016, I will make a major life transition as I step down from my … Continue reading →

December 30, 2015

Powers for the People: Pamela Powers Hannley Seeks LD9 House Seat

Yes, indeed, as has been hinted on this blog, I am running for the Arizona House to serve Legislative District 9. No, I don’t need a psychiatric evaluation. I’m running … Continue reading →

November 22, 2015

Sanders Covers Wide-Ranging Topics in Tucson #ICYMI (video)

I wasn’t prepared for Bernie Sanders’ 90-minute lallopalooza in Tucson on October 9, 2015. Besides logistical issues, like not having a spare camera battery and running out of juice, wearing … Continue reading →

October 26, 2015

Greek Financial Crisis: The Cruelty of Austerity & The Warning for US

Austerity means that people is [sic] expulsed of their homes. Austerity means that the social services don’t work anymore. Austerity means that public schools have not the elements, the means … Continue reading →

July 13, 2015

#AZGOP Lawsuit to Fight Independent Redistricting Costs Taxpayers $1.5 Mil

The voters of Arizona approved the creation on an independent redistricting commission to draw legislative and Congressional district boundaries in 2000. The citizen battle against gerrymandering was tied up in … Continue reading →

July 11, 2015

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.)

Safe Park, downtown Tucson

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

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

Protesting cuts to education

Congressman Ron Barber and Pamela Powers Hannley at Cyclovia

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

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

Desconocido (unknown)

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.

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.

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

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

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.

Protesting anti-woman laws at the Arizona state capitol.

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

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

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.

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

Martin Luther King, Jr. march.

We are the 99%.

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

Rep. Pamela Powers Hannley with Red For Ed

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

The Oberlin Rescuers outside of the Cuyahoga County Jail.

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.)

Pamela Powers Hannley, Progressive Democrat for Arizona House, LD9

Protesting migrant deaths in the Arizona desert.

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

A homeless man sleeps in the shadow of corporate America.

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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: Clean Elections

Pima County Supes Give LD9 Appointment to the Men

Tucson Then & Now: How Far Have We Come in 35 Years? (video)

Transitions for the New Year: I’m ‘In It To Win It’

Powers for the People: Pamela Powers Hannley Seeks LD9 House Seat

Sanders Covers Wide-Ranging Topics in Tucson #ICYMI (video)

Greek Financial Crisis: The Cruelty of Austerity & The Warning for US

#AZGOP Lawsuit to Fight Independent Redistricting Costs Taxpayers $1.5 Mil

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