Rip Off!

What would you think of a story like this: A council decides to set fire to a house they bought from tax payers money. They find a 'contractor' who knows how to handle arson, and "A1 Firebirds - Arson to Metal-stripping - Free quotes, ask driver for details" set about it: expertly drousing the house with petrol and, abiding to all health and safety rules, light a blow torch to start the blaze. You come past and ask: Why did you do that? - and the answer is Dont ask me, it's the council, they were worried that some arsonist might set these houses alight. Purely preventative, mate.

Okay, sounds far off. But what about this:
Some roofer firm use a cherry picker and strip lead flashing off roofs and chimney stacks in my street. First I think naively they are repairing the flashing. Just a bit odd that they rip off all the lead instead of just fixing it down again. Surely they will come with new flashing tomorrow. But no! I see them putting inferior roofing felt (roofers call it something else) around one of the chimney stacks next door to my neighbours house opposite.

I have to ask the guys and get as an answer that they do it as contractors for 20/20 and where told to take the lead off so that kids can't do the same and sell it to scrap dealers for some ziggies, or whatever else. And not to put anything else back on the houses that are empty and belong to the council, unless they are next door to a house that is still owned and lived in. Something got to be done about it.