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Keep the Press Free: We Can’t Let Democrats Become Republicans (video)

For years, the Republican campaign style has been increasingly restrictive. George W. Bush started it all. McCain, Palin, and others who followed fine-tuned the information control tactics– requiring pre-registration and tickets … Continue reading →

May 30, 2012

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

Will the Tequila Party succeed in building Latino political power?

The Tequila Party— the Latino answer song to the now-infamous Tea Party and the lesser-known Coffee Party— held its national kick-off last Saturday in Tucson, Arizona. Locally, the group is spearheaded … Continue reading →

June 8, 2011 · 7 Comments

Lefties, mark your calendars for several upcoming events

Righties would like to believe that Lefties are at home, moping and depressed at the state of our state and our country– following the 2010 “shellacking”– and sipping Chardonnay as … Continue reading →

February 10, 2011 · 3 Comments

Andrei Cherny’s election to Arizona Democratic Party State Chair: The rest of the story (video)

On Saturday, the Three Sonorans, Blog for Arizona, and Rum Romanisn and Rebillion reported that Andrei Cherny– No Labels co-founder and former candidate for Arizona state treasurer– won the office of … Continue reading →

January 23, 2011 · 10 Comments

Goddard/Grijalva ask for delay: Should Democrats go ahead with reorganization vote on Saturday?

On Thursday, two Arizona Democratic Party luminaries– Terry Goddard and Raul Grijalva– asked the party faithful to delay the vote for new officers which is scheduled for tomorrow, January 22, … Continue reading →

January 21, 2011 · 2 Comments

What is the future of the Democratic Party in Arizona: Voice your opinion at Drinking Liberally

Let’s face it. 2011 looks pretty damn depressing for liberals in Arizona– No Plan Jan will continue her reign of terror aided by corporate chums, private prison lobbyists, and a … Continue reading →

December 8, 2010 · 6 Comments

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

Pamela Powers Hannley, Progressive Democrat for Arizona House, LD9

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

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

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

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.

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

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

We are the 99%.

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

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

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.)

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

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Rep. Pamela Powers Hannley with Red For Ed

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.)

The Oberlin Rescuers outside of the Cuyahoga County Jail.

Martin Luther King, Jr. march.

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.

A homeless man sleeps in the shadow of corporate America.

#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.

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

Safe Park, downtown Tucson

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

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.

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

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

Protesting migrant deaths in the Arizona desert.

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.

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

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 anti-woman laws at the Arizona state capitol.

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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Tag Archives: Democratic Party

Keep the Press Free: We Can’t Let Democrats Become Republicans (video)

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

Will the Tequila Party succeed in building Latino political power?

Lefties, mark your calendars for several upcoming events

Andrei Cherny’s election to Arizona Democratic Party State Chair: The rest of the story (video)

Goddard/Grijalva ask for delay: Should Democrats go ahead with reorganization vote on Saturday?

What is the future of the Democratic Party in Arizona: Voice your opinion at Drinking Liberally

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