Insurance racket?
RICO laws could be used either way.
Very doubtful, each home had a different builder. The arson method has ELF fingerprints all over it.
First thing I thought as well. Local news somewhat implied as much. Pointing out the homes were unsold, no indications banner was authentic, etc.
What the hell is wrong with you people?
Did you read the darned article?
ELF uses very sophisticated methods to destroy structures to get maximum burn and they have a solid 13 years of torched buildings and left behind tens of millions in damage. Their calling card cannot be mistaken, or easily copied to fool investigators as some conspiracy believers suggest. ELF have been known to hold training camps not much different than the ones al qaeda had in . A typical device used by ELF to start these fires are known to investigators as Vegan Jello, a mixture of glycerin and diesel in a 5-gal container with an ignition device. Vegan Jello has been used for the better part of 13 years by ELF and ALF, including burning the resort in Colorado, and the large multi-million dollar home on Camano Island WA.
The sign left behind on the bed-sheet is also very much like the one left at the Camano Island fire. Looks to be the same writing style. And ELF and Greenpeace has been fighting this development since its start.