Wait... what...?

I'm watching "The Mystery of Witches' Hollow," an episode of the old "Hardy Boys" TV show and it turns out the big mystery is that the "bad guys" are the disgruntled small-town residents who are trying to sabotage the "good guys," a construction company that is building a freeway and condo development in the middle of their pristine, natural wilderness. I guess times were different in the go-go 70's.