Blair John Van Zetten
Oskaloosa, Iowa | Age 68
On Monday, January 18th, 2021, Blair J. Van Zetten, loving husband and father, passed away at age 68 at Honor Health, Shea Medical Center in Scottsdale, AZ.
On June 24th, 1952, Blair was born in Oskaloosa, Iowa, to Marion and John Van Zetten.
Blair attended Culver Military Academy, and as he got older, he became a counselor for their summer camps. After graduating from Oskaloosa High School, he received his BA in Business at Upper Iowa University in Fayette, Iowa.
Upon the death of his father in 1975, Blair took control of Oskaloosa Food Products.
On June 14th, 1975, Blair married Wendy A. Davis, of Syracuse, New York. Together, they raised three sons, Jason, Brandon, and Travis, in Oskaloosa.
anti-baby. and that s not it. i think what wendy davis does is sort that out and i m not talking about talking points, how this will fundamentally affect your lives and women s lives. and that s the new face of politics. the expectation in this special session, this will, this bill will become a law. it will pass and be signed. what is the effect of that sign? it s interesting how national democrats have rallied around wendy davis and made her one of their featured causes for the last few weeks. national republicans have not been as eager to rally around rick perry. well, rick perry seems to have cracked the code in texas. he figured out how to stay governor for longer than anyone else. if he wants it the next time, he probably has it. on a national level, very different. he might run for president, again. it s not clear. if he does, who knows what will happen.
floor for a vote next week. this was not ordinary hearing. roughly 3,500 people showed up at the capital and 1,100 registered to testify. wendy davis addressed those thousands of supporters at a rally monday. let s remind governor perry that fairness is and always will be a fundamental texas value. it shouldn t be unusual for a public official to stand and fight for the men and women who elected them. it should be a job requirement. davis, who shot to national prominence, is considering a run for governor next year. the odds are long in texas for democrats haven t won statewide office in nearly two decades. meanwhile, perry, who is already texas longest serving governor is going to announce on monday whether he ll seek an
year, she will get elected. do you think she ll run next year for governor? as i understand it, they re going to try to take her seat away. her legislative seat. she may not have a legislative seat. if she were to ask me and i see no reason why she would. but my guess is she would run and she would do well and may not be enough this time, but it is coming. as i say, she s the new face of politics. another thing that is interesting to me in this poll, joy. we look at texas as conservative state, republican state. right now still a republican state. when you poll the question of abortion and sort of broadly speaking in texas. probably more pro-life sentence than pro-choice. when you filter it through the debate they just had had and ask specifically about sb5. that s actually more unpopular now in this poll than popular. so, sort of the theater and the attention that wendy davis drew to the issue and the way she
monday. i think it s the end of rick perry as governor. is it an exciting announcement? if he runs again, that is not exciting. i think most voters saw enough last time. even republicans to not be that excited about him running for president. how exciting wendy davis is right now. i don t think she d win, but a worthwhile campaign would certainly be a campaign that drew national attention. what s interesting when you look at it. we talked about the ppp poll that came out this week. what is interesting to me about it the filibuster and special session and helped wendy davis and rick perry. rick perry is up 14 points over wendy davis and polled head-to-head with her a couple months ago and only up six. this caused republicans to rally around rick perry in texas. his approval rating is now 81 to 16% in texas. at the same time, wendy davis is single the most popular political figure in texas. she has the best favorable,