City attorney Ernie Drake swears in Ponchatoula’s new mayor, J. Wesley Daniels, accompanied by his mother, Charlene Branch Daniels, his wife, Brandy, and his children, Isabel and Byron (Tangi Times Photo)
In the second Tangipahoa area inauguration to recently replace a 20-yearold administration, J. Wesley Daniels took the oath of office on Monday and officially became the new mayor of the City of Ponchatoula.
Before a packed house, City Hall hosted the cer-emony to swear in their administration of two new and three returning council members, as well as the city’s new leader.