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Arizona State Capitol Gun Nut Rally Draw Hundreds of Armed Protesters (video)

Phoenix videographer Dennis Gilman uploaded this video of a recent gun nut rally on the grounds of the Arizona State Capitol– obviously friendly territory for gun nuts. The video left … Continue reading →

April 2, 2013 · 1 Comment

UPDATED with New Events: Progressives, Mark Your Calendars for April Events!

New events added for April 6 and 9. It’s only April 1, but already there is an impressive line-up of progressive events taking shape this month. In addition to these … Continue reading →

April 1, 2013

Evil twins ALEC & the NRA: Working to keep America safe for capitalism

While many Americans are clamoring for gun control legislation on multiple levels, the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) and the National Rifle Association (NRA) are working hard to maintain the … Continue reading →

January 8, 2013

J.T. Ready– Neo-Nazi, Russell Pearce’s Pal, and Candidate for Sheriff– Dead

Jason “J.T.” Ready killed four people before killing himself today in a grisley murder-suicide in Gilbert, Arizona. According to the Arizona Republic and USA Today, Ready killed his girlfriend, her daughter, the daughter’s … Continue reading →

May 2, 2012

Gov. Brewer: Here are a few more bills you could veto… pretty please… with sugar on it

Late April in Baja Arizona… ahhh… the weather is gorgeous, the skies are blue, plants are springing back to life, and community events pack the weekends. If Baja Arizona has … Continue reading →

April 19, 2011 · 3 Comments

White Panthers: The corporatists and cronies who run Arizona with Russell Pearce’s help

Arizona has been in a state of devolution since Governor Jan Brewer, her right-hand man State Senate President Russell Pearce, and their lobbyist cronies took two years ago. You know … Continue reading →

February 1, 2011 · 2 Comments

Brewer says ‘I’m the decider!’ And she’s ready to further diminish gun control laws (video)

[tnivideo caption=”How easy is it to buy a semi-automatic gun in Arizona? Scary easy.” credit=”gunshowsundercover”]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_jZupCp0q1M[/tnivideo] Dismissing the recent New York City sting operation and undercover purchases of high-powered firearms at … Continue reading →

February 1, 2011 · 44 Comments

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

The Oberlin Rescuers outside of the Cuyahoga County Jail.

Safe Park, downtown Tucson

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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 migrant deaths in the Arizona desert.

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

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.

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.)

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

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

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

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

Rep. Pamela Powers Hannley with Red For Ed

Martin Luther King, Jr. march.

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

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

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

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

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

Pamela Powers Hannley, Progressive Democrat for Arizona House, LD9

A homeless man sleeps in the shadow of corporate America.

Protesting cuts to education

Congressman Ron Barber and Pamela Powers Hannley at Cyclovia

We are the 99%.

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.)

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

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

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.”

Tucson Progressive

Tag Archives: gun control

Arizona State Capitol Gun Nut Rally Draw Hundreds of Armed Protesters (video)

UPDATED with New Events: Progressives, Mark Your Calendars for April Events!

Evil twins ALEC & the NRA: Working to keep America safe for capitalism

J.T. Ready– Neo-Nazi, Russell Pearce’s Pal, and Candidate for Sheriff– Dead

Gov. Brewer: Here are a few more bills you could veto… pretty please… with sugar on it

White Panthers: The corporatists and cronies who run Arizona with Russell Pearce’s help

Brewer says ‘I’m the decider!’ And she’s ready to further diminish gun control laws (video)

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