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Giffords’ deficit reduction town hall features right-wing talking points (video)

The featured speakers at a recent deficit reduction town hall in Tucson– David Walker from the Comeback America Initiative and Robert Bixby of the Concord Coalition— were well-versed in how … Continue reading →

July 2, 2011 · 8 Comments

Is the Mexican American Studies fight killing the ‘new civility’? (video)

Following the shooting of Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, little Christina-Taylor Green and others at a Tucson Safeway in January, there was a nationwide call for civil discourse. President Obama, the First Lady, and … Continue reading →

May 4, 2011 · 52 Comments

Beyond the Solar Zone: Making Tucson the Solar Capitol of the US

Sunshine is one commodity Tucson has in abundance. We have successfully based our tourism industry on sunshine, blue skies, mountain views, unique vegetation, and cowboy lore, but beyond that Tucson … Continue reading →

February 14, 2011 · 10 Comments

Since when do Utah right-wingers and FOX News get to tell Pima County what to do? (video)

[tnivideo caption=”Pima County Sheriff Clarence Dupnik’s Press Conference after the Shooting of Gabrielle Giffords” credit=”MSNBC”]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ccY9lNRiUWg[/tnivideo] After the Tucson massacre and the shooting of Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords early this month, Pima … Continue reading →

January 26, 2011 · 15 Comments

Gabrielle Giffords Hunger Fund established at Community Food Bank

Commander Mark Kelly, husband of Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, has established the Gabrielle Gifford Hunger Fund at the Tucson Community Food Bank According to the Food Bank website, Kelly released a … Continue reading →

January 13, 2011

Together We Thrive: Can a torn nation heal itself? (video)

Yesterday in Tucson, President Obama urged us as a nation to move forward from the tragedy of Saturday’s mass shooting and become a better democracy. He invoked the memory of … Continue reading →

January 13, 2011 · 6 Comments

Only in America: Putting a positive spin on assassination (video)

Regardless of what Bill O’Rielly says, right-wingers are the masters of spin. I knew that my anti-gun-violence article in Sunday’s Tucson Citizen would spark a plethora of the 2nd Amendment … Continue reading →

January 10, 2011 · 30 Comments

Congressman Ron Barber and Pamela Powers Hannley at Cyclovia

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.)

Pamela Powers Hannley, Progressive Democrat for Arizona House, LD9

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.

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

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.)

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.

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

A homeless man sleeps in the shadow of corporate America.

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.

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.

The Oberlin Rescuers outside of the Cuyahoga County Jail.

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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We are the 99%.

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

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 cuts to education

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

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

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

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

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

Martin Luther King, Jr. march.

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: Gabrielle Giffords

Giffords’ deficit reduction town hall features right-wing talking points (video)

Is the Mexican American Studies fight killing the ‘new civility’? (video)

Beyond the Solar Zone: Making Tucson the Solar Capitol of the US

Since when do Utah right-wingers and FOX News get to tell Pima County what to do? (video)

Gabrielle Giffords Hunger Fund established at Community Food Bank

Together We Thrive: Can a torn nation heal itself? (video)

Only in America: Putting a positive spin on assassination (video)

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