Post card touts just-listed $299,900 listing

A resident has sent Positively Palermo post card that came in the mail advertising the $299,900 listing. Thanks! Miss Penny Lane says: She'll be shopping today for a new rain hat.

Owners give thumbs down to cars in shorter driveways

Positively Palermo has learned that efforts to allow parking cars in Palermo's shorter driveways (less than 22 feet in length) have not succeeded. In a question posed by the HOA management, Palermo owners voted down a change in the rules that would have made this kind of driveway parking allowable by altering the existing rules. We learned that the vote was not even close. Driveway parking has been an issue over the years. Another second — newer and one might think also less controversial — issue also was voted on negatively by the owners at Palermo. It concerned placing solar energy arrays on the rooftops of condos here, as the roofs are considered common assets. Miss Penny Lane says: She's driven and hot about her love for democracy.

Help your neighbor

Positively Palermo received this e-mail: "Penny, Please help and spread the word. A dog groomer named Red Rover mobile pet grooming has littered the place with biz cards and hung them on the doors at Palermo. Ask neighbors to take them off the homes where no one is there for the summer. How could these people do something like that???? Thx for your time and work for us here." Miss Penny Lane says: Done. She's a step ahead.

Palermo residence on market for $299,900

A Palermo Palm Springs two-bedroom condo is on the market for $299,900, another increase in the offered sales prices of non-distressed sales at Palermo and signaling the steady increase in property values at Palermo since mid-2011. The listing is here. One real estate agent who provide this info to us says it is possible for a bidding war may happen as it is non-distressed and below the "comps" for this type of offering in Palm Springs. Miss Penny Lane says: Palermo's time is now.

Soda/water vending machines in the clubhouse or pool area?

A Palermo resident asked that we pose this question: "Do you favor having a soda/water vending machine in the clubhouse and/or the pool area? Thanks." Miss Penny Lane says: She's more into an adult beverage to quench her thirst when taking a dip.