The local cabinet had civil servants and labor union officials interrogated in the cellars of the town hall and issued an illegal dragnet of over 40 email accounts as a part of an attempt to crackdown on a single whistleblower. On Tuesday and Wednesday evening, the City Council met in a special sitting to debate this matter. In the early hours of Thursday night, after a second day, not much had changed. There was no public apology and the executive board has made it difficult to get all the facts straight. Threatening with dismissal and putting civil servants under pressure seems to be a normal course of action within our city. Let it be clear that M:OED does not accept that. In the words of Simona Maassen: "How can trust be rebuilt if one is only busy with rationalizing everything away? The actions of this Board are inadequate." We then decided in good consultation with the other opposition parties to submit a motion of censure (disapproval) against the executive board. Unfortunately, as expected, this was not adopted since the coalition lacked the self-critical ability to look at the basis of this case. No, instead they have supported each other so that they can continue with the practices for which our city is becoming known. The city government has been given the opportunity to say NO to intimidation and espionage, NO to fear, NO to abuse of power and NO to further escalation, but disregarded this opportunity.