by Pamela Powers Hannley The US Supreme Court issued their long-awaited decision Arizona's infamous SB1070. They struct down several parts of the "papers please" law, but kept the "papers please" part. From the Huffington Post… WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Monday delivered a split decision in the Obama administration's challenge to Arizona's aggressive immigration … Read more
by Pamela Powers Hannley
A contingent of US Postal Service workers and supporters will go on a hunger strike beginning tomorrow, June 25, in Washington DC, to protest post office closures.
Many post offices and mail processing stations nationwide have been slated for elimination and colsolidation, including Tucson's Cherrybell mail processing station.
Tucsonans came out in force to protest closure last fall when USPS representatives came to town to explain why it makes sense to ship Tucson's mail to Phoenix and then ship it back to Tucson for delivery. Despite strong protests– last fall and again on tax day— the federal government still wants to close Cherrybell.
Tucson's Jobs with Justice is holding a demonstration and press conference featuring union leaders and Pima County Supervisor Richard Elias on Monday morning. Here's the info…
Tucson's Jobs with Justice Coalition urges solidarity with postal workers. Help us save local jobs and keep our postal services locally.
Demonstration and Press Conference TO SAVE OUR POSTAL SERVICE AND JOBS!
Monday, June 25
Demonstration: 7:00 to 9:00 AM
Press Conference: 8:30 AM
Both events in front of the American Postal Workers Union office, 2937 E. 22nd Street, (just west of Country Club).
Connie Sadler-Nelson, American Postal Workers Union Local President, and County Supervisor Richard Elias will speak to the press.
Tucson is facing the closure of our Cherrybell Main Post Office. Congress is trying to kill the entire postal service, bust the unions, and eventually privatize the postal system.
Postal workers and community supporters will hold a Hunger Strike in Washington, DC from June 25 through the 28th to save the postal service.
Demonstrate your support for postal unions, Cherrybell Post Office, jobs and US postal service.
Refreshments will be provided: bagels, juice, coffee, cold water.
Watch the videos after the jump…
by Pamela Powers Hannley The US Supreme Court ruled in favor of Citizens United and proclaimed that corporations are people, they have the right to free speech, and, by the way, money equals speech. That was January 2010, and the country has not been the same since. The 2010 elections were awash with secret, private … Read more
By Pamela Powers Hannley When long-time Arizona Republican Senator Jon Kyl announced his impending retirement in February 2011, the chances of a Democrat filling that seat seemed so remote that most news stories—including this one from Politico—only mentioned the Republican heir-apparent, six-term Congressman Jeff Flake. Sixteen months later, Democratic challenger and former Surgeon General Dr. … Read more
by Pamela Powers Hannley
The Three Sonorans took issue with my last article stating that my headline was in error. In his answer song article, he says that he has not "joined" FOX News; they merely posted one of his stories. (I'm assuming after he submitted it to them.)
Doesn't that imply some sort of collusion with the dark side, since FOX's whole raison d'etre is to shill for the 1%?
He also vehemently denied that he was trying to discourage voting in the CD8 special election and said he already voted. OK, so I took the bait and looked at the online image of his ballot… curious to see who he voted for since he said he wasn't voting for either Jesse Kelly (AKA evil) or Ron Barber (AKA the lesser of 2 evils, according to the 3Sons). Who did he vote for? "Nana Freida de Mexicans". Hmmm…you can draw your own conclusions: Does it appear as if he is encouraging people to throw their vote away?
At any rate, the exchange reminded me of this video…
Check it out by clicking on the jump link.