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#StopThief Fair Tax Forum: It’s Time to Review Corp Tax Giveaways (video)

#RedForEd lifted the veil from our eyes and put the issue of corporate tax giveaways front and center in the fight to restore public education funding in Arizona. As many … Continue reading →

August 3, 2018

‘Thinkers of Tucson’ offer job creation ideas

First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win. Mahatma Gandhi Job creation and economic development in Tucson (and many other cities) has … Continue reading →

November 22, 2011 · 5 Comments

Spending Labor Day with Republicans: An educational experience for all

Labor Day 2011 in Tucson was a blend of old fashioned games and old fashioned politics. As a volunteer with the Progressive Democrats of America (PDA) booth, my job was … Continue reading →

September 6, 2011 · 5 Comments

‘Hey, Jon Kyl, where are the jobs?’ Kyl’s staff huddles in office while protesters call out their boss (video)

Approximately 25 stalwarts representing National Nurses United, Progressive Democrats of America (PDA), and MoveOn.org braved 108 degree temperatures to protest outside of US Senator Jon Kyl’s suburban Tucson office on … Continue reading →

September 3, 2011 · 17 Comments

On the 46th anniversary of Medicare, Republicans attack our ‘Great Society’

It’s highly ironic that the current social and political battle over our nation’s debt and deficit is occurring this week with the 46th anniversary of the signing of Social Security … Continue reading →

July 27, 2011 · 7 Comments

‘The false debate on the debt’

Here is an awesome commentary on the national debt debate from The Nation… In the ever-so-smug company of the rich and powerful it is a given that there is never … Continue reading →

April 16, 2011 · 5 Comments

US House to vote on People’s Budget on April 15 (video)

[tnivideo caption=”” credit=””]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AMaoV9Xs2XU[/tnivideo] The People’s Budget— proposed by the Congressional Progressive Caucus earlier this week– will be heard on the floor of the US House of Representatives on Friday, April … Continue reading →

April 14, 2011 · 1 Comment

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

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

Protesting cuts to education

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

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.

Martin Luther King, Jr. march.

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

Pamela Powers Hannley, Progressive Democrat for Arizona House, LD9

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

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

The Oberlin Rescuers outside of the Cuyahoga County Jail.

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

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

Safe Park, downtown Tucson

A homeless man sleeps in the shadow of corporate America.

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

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.

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.

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

Rep. Pamela Powers Hannley with Red For Ed

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

We are the 99%.

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

Congressman Ron Barber and Pamela Powers Hannley at Cyclovia

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

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.

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

Protesting anti-woman laws at the Arizona state capitol.

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

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.

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 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: tax cuts

#StopThief Fair Tax Forum: It’s Time to Review Corp Tax Giveaways (video)

‘Thinkers of Tucson’ offer job creation ideas

Spending Labor Day with Republicans: An educational experience for all

‘Hey, Jon Kyl, where are the jobs?’ Kyl’s staff huddles in office while protesters call out their boss (video)

On the 46th anniversary of Medicare, Republicans attack our ‘Great Society’

‘The false debate on the debt’

US House to vote on People’s Budget on April 15 (video)

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