If you missed it Vineland Mayor Anthony Fanucci announced on Saturday morning that he is running for re-election along with all five members of council.

We don’t know if anyone is going to file to challenge Fanucci, but if they do they will face an uphill battle. Fanucci has done a good job in his first term as mayor. The roads are better, Vineland opened a new police headquarters and there have been improvements to water and sewer.

In short, Fanucci promised improvements and he delivered.

“When I first ran for mayor, I promised we were not going to wait for the phone to ring, and we haven’t,” Fanucci said in his press release. “Together, we have vigorously engaged with the community to find solutions to issues which have been ignored in the past, while breaking-down barriers that made it difficult for Vineland to aggressively move forward. We have developed regional partnerships and focused on ways to make ideas possible, rather than to find reasons to say they are not.”

Fanucci also said in his release, “I am proud to again run with my current Team Fanucci Council members: David Acosta, Dr. Elizabeth Arthur, Ron Franceschini, Paul Spinelli, and Albert Vargas. It is a pleasure to work with a council that is committed to a shared vision of how municipal operations can work better for everyone. Under the strong leadership of City Council President Paul Spinelli, they have helped to make city government more responsive, efficient, open, and fair, while providing solid stewardship of taxpayer dollars.

In the coming weeks and months, the team and myself will be outlining our positions and vision for a second term in an open and constructive manner. We look forward to presenting these plans in more detail.”

We’re looking forward to more good things from Team Fanucci over the next four years.