![]() The Kordiaks “were virtually unbeatable,” said former Columbia Heights Mayor Gary Peterson. Jim Kordiak announced earlier this year that he would not seek re-election to the board, throwing open his Fourth District seat in a way it really hasn’t been for 64 years. It also doubled as their Anoka County Board office, where since 1954 the father and son have represented the county’s most urban and diverse pocket, anchored by Columbia Heights and Fridley.īut come November, voters here won’t find a Kordiak on the ballot for the first time in more than half a century. The boxy brick building on Central Avenue is easy to overlook, upstaged by the pizazz of the historic Heights Theater just across the street.ĭon’t let the dime-a-dozen facade fool you: For decades, this has been a seat of power in Columbia Heights.Īl and Jim Kordiak, father and son, long have run their real estate and income tax business out of the garden-level workplace, where a window sign bears the last name that for years was shorthand for influence in Anoka County. ![]()
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