NOTEBOOK: Tollakson steps into Windsor Heights sidewalk controversy, by chance

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When Hubbell Realty CEO Rick Tollakson visited the Windsor Heights City Council to ask for support for a feasibility study on Central Iowa dam removal and river recreation improvements, he quickly figured out the audience wasn’t there to hear him. They were there to comment on a controversial sidewalk ordinance in the suburb, which has become known for its revolving-door city staff and unpopular propensity for issuing speeding citations. “They didn’t want to hear me. All they wanted to do was fight about the sidewalks,” Tollakson said with a laugh.