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If Richard Carmona were a student today, would Pima College accept him? (video)

May 5, 2012 by Pamela Powers Hannley

by Pamela Powers Hannley US Senate Candidate and former Surgeon General Dr. Richard Carmona makes no bones about his life on the streets of Harlem as the son of Puerto Rican immigrants. A self-described "street kid" who dropped out of high school, Carmona entered the Marines at 17 during the Vietnam War and got a … Read more

UNIDOS Day of Action: Misinformation or pure propaganda?

April 25, 2012 by Pamela Powers Hannley

by Pamela Powers Hannley Regardless of the cause, spreading misinformation to pump up emotions is not right. OK, call me a Pollyanna in a fact-free universe, but I still believe in telling the truth. UNIDOS, the high school/university student group that supports the revival of now-defunct Mexican American Studies Program in Tucson Unified School District … Read more

Will the State of Arizona now take the place of the Federal Government to protect its own citizens? The State…

I agree with this diagnosis, but with one addition: if nearly everything that voters hear from Democrats is an appeal…

Thank you all for standing up for people of this state. We must try to put an end to this…