Below are a few of my issue videos, followed by other miscellaneous clips from speeches or events. For more, check out my YouTube Channel here.
This is just a sampling.
Videos
‘Why I’m Voting for Pamela Powers Hannley’
What do a world renowned cardiologist, a young entrepreneur, an artist, a stay-at-home mom, and retired foreign service worker have in common? They’re supporting my campaign. Here a few of my supporters tell why they are voting for me for Arizona House to represent LD9.
My Roots in the Union Movement
From abolitionists to suffragettes to unionists– I come from a long line of people who were not afraid to stand up and speak out. I am a strong believer in unions because I grew up in a union household. My parents would not have had the financial security they did if they had not worked…
Raising Revenue to Rebuild Arizona’s Economy
Arizonans are hurting because our state never recovered from the Wall Street crash, and the government has continued the path of austerity. It’s time to grow our economy by establishing a public bank to bankroll infrastructure projects without taking on more debt or additional taxes. With public banking, we can build *local* businesses, fix our…
Growing Tech Industry Jobs with Public Banking
Investment in entrepreneurship through a Southern Arizona Public Bank would be a great boon to the local economy and would foster creation of new businesses at the University of Arizona Tech Park and across the region. Spin-off businesses from the UA offer some of the best jobs in the area. With all of our scientists,…
Financing Infrastructure Projects with Public Banking
Arizona’s crumbling infrastructure makes it less competitive. Voters recently rejected taking on more Wall Street debt to fund a variety of projects– including roads. It’s time for Arizona to look at public banking as a means to build infrastructure without taking on debt and without increasing taxes. Establishment of a public bank at the city,…
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Austerity Is Moving Arizona Backward
Arizona is a low-wage state. As long as state and local governments continue to starve our economy, lay off workers and cut services that help people, Arizona will not recover from the Wall Street crash. It’s time to grow local businesses and put Arizonans back to work by investing in our economy through public banking.…
Economic Inequality & Public Banking
I am a proud member of the Unitarian Universalist Church of Tucson. Once a month, a lay person gives the sermon. Here is my sermon from September 2015 on economic inequality in Southern Arizona and how establishment of a public bank would help us grow our economy, instead of starving it. To read the background…
How the Nonpartisan League Created the Bank of ND
Forty percent of the world’s banks are public banks, but there is only one public bank in the US– the Bank of North Dakota. In 1919, progressives affiliated with the Nonpartisan League banned together to take over the North Dakota Legislature. They passed sweeping reforms, including creation of the Bank of North Dakota. This is…
Talking with LD9 PCs
I announced my candidacy for the LD9 House seat to my fellow LD9 precinct committee people on September 15, 2015. They were so warm and welcoming. Practically everyone signed my petition, and several gave me $5 Clean Elections contributions or seed money and offered to help out. It’s a go, folks!
Candidate Speeches at the Progressive Caucus Meeting
I have been co-chair of the Arizona Democratic Progressive Caucus of the Arizona Democratic Party since January 2014. In this video, I am announcing my candidacy for the LD9 house race to the caucus at the September 12, 2015 meeting in Flagstaff.
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Why I’m a Clean Elections Candidate
Obscene amounts of dark money have flooded US elections since the Supreme Court upheld the Citizens United case and ruled that money = speech. As a progressive, I believe that the voters should choose candidates– not the highest bidder. That’s why I have chosen to run as a Clean Elections candidate. As such, only voters–…
Linking Labor with the Progressive Movement
This is a short speech that I gave at a Progressive Democrats of America (PDA) Meeting in March 2013 at the IBEW Hall in Tucson. The focus of the talk is growing up union and my Dad’s experiences as a member of the United Steelworkers in the 1960s.
John Nichols on the Lie of Austerity
John Nichols of The Nation opened my eyes to the lie of austerity at a Progressive Democrats of America (PDA) leadership meeting in Winslow, Arizona in 2012. He explained that there is plenty of money. The problem is that the 1% has consolidated the nation’s wealth in its hands and offered “belt-tightening” to the rest of…
John Nichols on Saving Democracy
John Nichols of The Nation talks about the hard work that progressives at the turn of the 20th century did and the important Constitutional amendments that they fought for– like direct election of US Senators and the women’s right to vote. He challenges progressives today with a list of new amendments that would help us save…