Kammala jumla mai zuwa: A zaben gari na shekarar 2002, an sanya Madlener a matsayi na goma sha ɗaya a jerin sunayen Livable Rotterdam, jam'iyyar ta gida wanda shugaban Pim Fortuyn ya kasance
aka kashe shi a wannan shekarar. An dauki Madlener a matsayin amintaccen Fortuyn. Jam'iyyar ta lashe kujeru 17 a wadannan zabukan tarihi a ranar 6 ga Maris 2002. A matsayin dan majalisar gari Madlener ya kasance mai magana da yawun kayayyakin more rayuwa. A wannan matsayin ya kasance mai ba da goyon baya ga gina harabar a Jami'ar Erasmus Rotterdam. Ya kuma goyi bayan haramta wa ma'aikatan gwamnati na birni sanya mayafi. Ya gabatar da shawarwari guda biyu: shawara don hana ɗaukar alamomin addini ga duk ma'aikatan gwamnati, da kuma shawara ta biyu don irin wannan sakamako ga malamai da ma'aikatan tallafi a makarantu. Ya kuma bayyana cewa ilimin motsa jiki a makarantun musulmi ya kamata ya zama aji na jinsi.