[MeganC]

Seems a very aggressive and insular outfit in Indio is running some sort of fortified compound with walls 24 feet tall and four feet thick and they're suing anyone who dares to fly over or near their property.

[Deaf Smith]

If you can hit them with a shotgun, they’re flying too low.

[driftdiver]

Suing for what?

[Gadsden1st]

“their property”

It will be interesting to see where Freepers come down on this one.

[Gadsden1st]

When I spent a few months in Laguna Nigel the big news was one homeowner sueing someone building a house over a block away because his porch was blocking a few feet of his view of the Pacific. Seems only reasonable to prevent ballons from blocking their view of the clouds or stars.

[driftdiver]

They evidently have a lot of money for a lawyer. They are bankrupting people with legal fees or getting default court orders because people cannot afford to defend themselves.

Why would an honest judge reward these pukes?

[martin_fierro]

WTF Ping

[traditional1]

Most likely farming a protected cash crop, i.e., marijuana.

[databoss]

Google earth them...

[Reeses]

None of my business but not many olive trees:

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=Indio,+CA&aq=0&sll=37.0625,-95.677068

[Moonman62]

Weren’t the Corleones in the olive oil business?

[abigailsmybaby]

It’s just my nosy nature to want to know what’s REALLY going on/growing inside those walls. :)

[King Moonracer]

Sounds like it’s “Area 52”.

[GOPJ]

Is there a big lake on the property? If so, stay away...

[Cvengr]

http://www.mydesert.com/assets/pdf/J1169712129.PDF

Owner of the property declared his property to be a congested area requiring additional height clearance from the FAA.

If true, then the property owner might not be compliant with county fire codes. Only one route of entrance/egress exists in the walled property for emergency vehicular access. If more than 50 occupants, then he must provide for a circulation route to minimally provide over a 2 lane paved road with sidewalk, curb and gutter, and a fire main circumferencing the development.

Additionally, his alteration to the land use would no longer be rural agricultural and if encroaching upon the AICUZ, might trigger requirements for an environmental assessment or environmental impact study with open public assessment of his impacts on community and surrounding cities.

It appears he sure has harmed the local economy by their litigious behavior.

Interesting how his compound is oriented in a fashion similar to the Temple Mount with the gate on the East Wall.