“Very serious”, thinks Clemens Otto, party leader of 50PLUS in the Drenthe capital. He is the creator of the two towers, which should emphasize the motorsport character of the city. It is not the first startling plan from the top hat of 50PLUS: before the closure of the Johan Willem Friso barracks was discussed, the faction already came up with the idea for housing on the barracks site. The party came in for quite a bit of criticism in Assen.