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Tucson Progressives & Democrats Back the ‘Back to Work’ Budget

The following commentary about the current budget battles in DC was submitted to the Arizona Daily Star for publication. Since the Star chooses to primarily publicize Republican budget plans– and no other ideas, including … Continue reading →

March 20, 2013

LaWall uses scare tactics and half-truths to campaign against medical marijuana

As political junkie, I have attended numerous public forums, City Council meetings, Pima County Board of Supervisers’ meetings, and even Arizona Legislature sessions, but tonight’s “educational” forum on medical marijuana … Continue reading →

September 20, 2010 · 10 Comments

Save the middle class: Big Ed wants you to march on DC

Ed Schultz, homespun radio progressive from Fargo, ND and now an MSNBC pundit, is organizing the One Nation March, to be held on October 2 at the Lincoln Memorial in … Continue reading →

September 9, 2010

>Political signs coming down in midtown Tucson

>Midtown Tucson with its mix of funky old houses and mid-century in-fill is an economically and culturally diversely part of Tucson. But at its core, it’s heavily Democratic. Due to … Continue reading →

August 16, 2010 · 3 Comments

We are all workers

Walking down Madison Ave last night after dinner, I saw this advertisement for Levis. Initially it struck me because I identify with the egalitarian message, “We are all workers.” We … Continue reading →

August 2, 2010

53,000 a day: Brother can you spare a dime?

53,000 people are losing their unemployment benefits a day, according to the Ed Schultz Show on Thursday. While the Senate quibbles about how or if unemployment benefits should be extended, … Continue reading →

July 9, 2010

Community residents want more time, more inclusiveness in charter change process

>At Thursday’s combined Wards 1 and 5 public hearing, the message was loud and clear: The city should take more time and include more stakeholders in the process to change … Continue reading →

July 2, 2010

We are the 99%.

Protesting anti-woman laws at the Arizona state capitol.

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

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.

Rep. Pamela Powers Hannley with Red For Ed

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.)

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

Safe Park, downtown Tucson

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

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.

Pamela Powers Hannley, Progressive Democrat for Arizona House, LD9

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.)

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

Congressman Ron Barber and Pamela Powers Hannley at Cyclovia

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

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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.

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

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.

Martin Luther King, Jr. march.

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

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

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

The Oberlin Rescuers outside of the Cuyahoga County Jail.

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

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

Protesting cuts to education

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.

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

A homeless man sleeps in the shadow of corporate America.

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.

Protesting migrant deaths in the Arizona desert.

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

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 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: Democrats

Tucson Progressives & Democrats Back the ‘Back to Work’ Budget

LaWall uses scare tactics and half-truths to campaign against medical marijuana

Save the middle class: Big Ed wants you to march on DC

>Political signs coming down in midtown Tucson

We are all workers

53,000 a day: Brother can you spare a dime?

Community residents want more time, more inclusiveness in charter change process

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