"Reputable Licenced Contractors"

OK I have a new type of rant for today. If you all can remember, just a few months ago a couple of "Reputable" contractors in Anne Arundel county got in over their heads with some homeowners who were less than satisfied with their projects. As a mater of fact it was something like 28 homeowners that were unhappy. Some of them had work done that was not finished, some work was less than standard and one home owner had no house left at all, thats right, the house had to be torn down because of shoddy work.
These are the type of contractors that give the rest of the business bad name, and I am truly disgusted. Since this situation was all over the TV and local papers I will not mention names. But I did do some research in Public Records to see what happened, I was shocked to see that these " Reputable " contractors had a list of suites a mile long. Who was it that failed to protect the public?