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UA student ‘housing’: Maxi-dorm developers rush to make big bucks

The Arizona Daily Star’s banner headline on Sunday was “Luxury for students”. The article by Carli Broseau focused on a run-down (no pun intended) of the development that is in full … Continue reading →

May 27, 2012 · 2 Comments

Tucson’s 15.9% rental vacancy rate: Mini-dorms in a sick housing market

Each August Tucson– like college towns nationwide– sees a flurry of activity as students move back to town and scramble to find lodging. In recent years, local mini-dorm developers have … Continue reading →

August 7, 2011 · 1 Comment

Historic preservation: Is history becoming fashionable in Tucson?

When we first went house-hunting in Tucson in the early 1980s, our realtor thought we were crazy because we wanted a house with architectural style and wooden floors. Having lived … Continue reading →

June 22, 2011 · 5 Comments

Stop dozing our history: Tucson’s historic homes create a ‘sense of place’ (video)

Tucson has a long history of dozing history and later lamenting it. Two prime examples are the Convento, built in 1770 on the west side of the Santa Cruz River and … Continue reading →

June 21, 2011 · 3 Comments

Save Tucson’s Sign Code: Will tinkering bring back the ugliest street in US?

Cluttered with so many signs that you can hardly see the street, Speedway Blvd. was dubbed the ugliest street in American by Life Magazine in 1970. Being known as “ugly” … Continue reading →

June 14, 2011 · 37 Comments

Neighbors + Goodman + TPD + media attend candlelight vigil in Jefferson Park (video)

Approximately 50-60 Tucsonans — representing several neighborhoods, including Jefferson Park, Feldman, Palo Verde, El Rio, and others– gathered Friday evening to morn the destruction of yet another old house (above). … Continue reading →

January 8, 2011 · 8 Comments

Mini-dorm controversy heats up on blogs and the JOLT: Take a video tour of mini-dorms in the Feldman Neighborhood (video)

The destruction of historic neighborhoods to create mini-dorm villages near the University of Arizona has been a hot topic on this blog, on Facebook, and on the JOLT (KJLL, 1330 … Continue reading →

January 7, 2011 · 22 Comments

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

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

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.

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.

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

Rep. Pamela Powers Hannley with Red For Ed

Safe Park, downtown Tucson

We are the 99%.

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.

Protesting migrant deaths in the Arizona desert.

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

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

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.

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 members of the Tucson Chapter of NOW on opening day at the Arizona Legislature, 2018.

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

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

Martin Luther King, Jr. march.

Congressman Ron Barber and Pamela Powers Hannley at Cyclovia

Pamela Powers Hannley, Progressive Democrat for Arizona House, LD9

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

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

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

Protesting cuts to education

A homeless man sleeps in the shadow of corporate America.

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

Protesting anti-woman laws at the Arizona state capitol.

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

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.

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.)

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.

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

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: Historic architecture

UA student ‘housing’: Maxi-dorm developers rush to make big bucks

Tucson’s 15.9% rental vacancy rate: Mini-dorms in a sick housing market

Historic preservation: Is history becoming fashionable in Tucson?

Stop dozing our history: Tucson’s historic homes create a ‘sense of place’ (video)

Save Tucson’s Sign Code: Will tinkering bring back the ugliest street in US?

Neighbors + Goodman + TPD + media attend candlelight vigil in Jefferson Park (video)

Mini-dorm controversy heats up on blogs and the JOLT: Take a video tour of mini-dorms in the Feldman Neighborhood (video)

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