Leadership team in Slidell offers much optimism

There is a lot of reason to be enthusiastic about the future in Slidell following city elections that were held this past weekend.
That is because the enthusiasm and passion for our community was vocalized many times from a number of the candidates who went on to win seats on the Slidell City Council, adding to other positive action from our top elected leaders in the past four years.
Work displayed by the Slidell Police Department, at the same time, is showing how committed our re-elected police chief is to maintain our city as a criminal free zone—at least the best we can.
After a runoff in the City Council election on April 30 there will be four new faces taking their seats on the council after being inaugurated to begin their term on July 1.
Over-and-over in printed words, and with interviews, the newcomers to the City Council talked about how much they love the city, made comments about their passion to make Slidell a better place, and stated their dedication to serve our community in a way that continues the improvements we have seen the past four years.
You have to point to Mayor Greg Cromer’s election in 2018 as the start to many good things for Slidell. The mayor was committed to bringing good, clean, high-paying jobs to our community so our kids can live and work here. The Amazon distribution center that will soon be open for business is bringing at least 400 of those jobs, offering many career opportunities.
His latest success was for the youth of Slidell, with Cromer committing over $500,000 for a first-ever skate park here that will give kids a great place to hang out—something that has been needed for a long time.
Chief of Police Randy Fandal was just re-elected for a second term, but he also was first voted into office in 2018 and brought a no-nonsense approach to law enforcement. It doesn’t take long talking to Fandal to see he is not about being a political figure, but is committed to putting criminals in jail and keeping the safe community we have here. Only this past week did the PD release information about a major bust of high-level drug dealers, arresting over 80.
More than anything, that kind of action sends a clear message to criminals that Slidell is not a place to do business.
Then we have the new members of the Slidell City Council who have all talked about their love for the city, their willingness to serve their community, and enthusiasm to make our city as good as it can be.
Add it all up and we need to appreciate the tremendous leadership that has already led to many positive things in Slidell the past four years, with much more on the horizon as we head into the new four-year term for this leadership team.