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What Wall Street Costs America: Say ‘No’ to Wall Street Fees with Public Banking

The cornerstone of my economic reform ideas is establishment of public banking at the state, county, and/or municipal levels. In a nutshell, public banking advocates believe that austerity is a … Continue reading →

March 8, 2016

Pima County Voters Revolt Against Bond Debt & Higher Taxes (video)

The surprise upset in yesterday’s Pima County election was the total defeat of the 99-project, $816 million, 27-year Pima County Bond Issue package. Tucson’s 1%, who bankrolled the Yes on Pima … Continue reading →

November 5, 2015

Boo Hoo… Wall Street Says Elizabeth Warren Doesn’t Understand Global Banking

JP Morgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon thinks Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren doesn’t “understand global banking system”. So, it’s not that Dimon and Warren have a basic disagreement on how banks … Continue reading →

June 16, 2015

Sanders Echos Warren with Call to ‘Bust Up the Big Banks’

One day after Senator Elizabeth Warren rekindled the spirit of President Teddy Roosevelt and called for breaking up the Wall Street banks because they have too much political power, Senator … Continue reading →

December 14, 2014 · 1 Comment

Warren Blasts Corporate Politicians, Calls for Break-Up of CitiGroup (video)

In a fiery but measured speech on the Senate floor, Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren blasted the close ties between CitiGroup, Congress, and the Clinton, Bush, and Obama administrations as Wall … Continue reading →

December 13, 2014 · 2 Comments

Fruity or Oaky? Rambling Thoughts on White People Problems

My coffee table book is too large for my coffee table. My Internet connection is too slow. My dishwasher doesn’t really get the dishes clean. iPads should have a USB … Continue reading →

December 27, 2013 · 1 Comment

Richmond, Calif to Try Eminent Domain to Reduce Foreclosures

The banksters are pissed. How dare the City of Richmond, California try to use its power of eminent domain to stop housing foreclosures in its city? Generally, governmental bodies use … Continue reading →

July 30, 2013 · 4 Comments

Martin Luther King, Jr. march.

Congressman Ron Barber and Pamela Powers Hannley at Cyclovia

Protesting cuts to education

Safe Park, downtown Tucson

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

Protesting migrant deaths in the Arizona desert.

Rep. Pamela Powers Hannley with Red For Ed

Pamela Powers Hannley, Progressive Democrat for Arizona House, LD9

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.

A homeless man sleeps in the shadow of corporate America.

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

The Oberlin Rescuers outside of the Cuyahoga County Jail.

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

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

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.

Protesting anti-woman laws at the Arizona state capitol.

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.)

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.

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.)

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

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

We are the 99%.

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

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.

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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: Wall Street

What Wall Street Costs America: Say ‘No’ to Wall Street Fees with Public Banking

Pima County Voters Revolt Against Bond Debt & Higher Taxes (video)

Boo Hoo… Wall Street Says Elizabeth Warren Doesn’t Understand Global Banking

Sanders Echos Warren with Call to ‘Bust Up the Big Banks’

Warren Blasts Corporate Politicians, Calls for Break-Up of CitiGroup (video)

Fruity or Oaky? Rambling Thoughts on White People Problems

Richmond, Calif to Try Eminent Domain to Reduce Foreclosures

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