The mark of death

We got an email forwarded around today, warning us of tree works.

It would appear that all 29 poplars in between our office and the neighbouring houses are too "unhealthy", and all of them need to be felled.

Or.

It's cheaper to pay to get them all cut down (once), than it is to keep pruning them every year :(

You decide which is the official reason, and which is the real reason.