Bodo/Glimt is a team that is the star. No one is bigger than the club. No one is more important than the team. Everyone is pulling in the same direction. This is a lesson that Sortland municipality could have learned from. I am not a member of the municipal council. I am glad for this on many levels. It has given me the opportunity to look at local politics with a bit of distance. I have also been aware that I should not criticize just because other parties are in power. On the contrary, I have tried to acknowledge good initiatives and contribute to cooperation when possible. It is ultimately the residents who lose if politics is reduced to an eternal game between position and opposition. But in the name of decency, it is allowed to say that enough is enough. In football, it is rare for a team to succeed without a coach on the sidelines. The players can be talented, the support staff can do a good job, and individual performances can save some matches. But over time, the team needs leadership, direction, and someone who points out the course when it's blowing the hardest. I have respect for the mayor being on sick leave. Illness affects us all, and health often comes first. At the same time, it is a fact that we have not heard from the municipality's highest elected official since May 17. This means that Sortland is experienced as a team without a coach on the sidelines during a period of demanding conflicts, large costs, and important decisions. The situation leads to a political vacuum at the same time as the municipality is in the middle of several demanding matters. The residents have a right to know who is leading the team and what direction the team is playing in. Today, Sortland municipality is involved in several extensive and costly processes. We have the conflict in the harbor. We have the long-standing struggle over water supply and drinking water sources. And we have a very demanding situation around the municipal director who has been dismissed, but still disputes the decision. The common denominator is not just that these are demanding matters. The common denominator is that they tie up enormous resources, create unrest, and shift attention away from what should be the municipality's main task: developing Sortland. The residents expect the municipality to build schools, ensure good services, create opportunities for business development, and create a sense of future. They do not expect lawyers to become one of the municipality's most visible cooperation partners. No municipality can avoid conflicts. No organization is perfect. But when conflicts become many, large, and long-lasting, one must also dare to ask the question: What is it that makes us end up here? It is precisely here that I think Sortland has something to learn from Bodo/Glimt. Glimt does not use energy on internal conflicts. They use energy on development. They do not look for scapegoats. They build culture. They do not ask who can get the blame. They ask how the team can become better. I miss something of the same mindset in Sortland. For Sortland is a team, the municipality is also a team. The administration is on the team. The employees are on the team. The residents are on the team. The business community is on the team. Then the goal must be to get the team to function as well as possible, not to win internal games. As a candidate for the mayor of Sortland Labor Party, I am concerned that Sortland should be known for growth, optimism, and a sense of future. Not for conflicts and unrest.