Penn Hills director wants Santorum to refund tuition

[No Mandate Here.]

<http://www.postgazette.com/pg/04323/413787.stm>

Thursday, November 18, 2004
By Joe Fahy, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Now that U.S. Sen. Rick Santorum has announced he is withdrawing his children from a cyber school, a school board member in Penn Hills, which has been picking up the tab, wants him to pay the district back.

Erin Vecchio, a school board member and chairman of the Penn Hills Democratic Party, said last night she expects the Republican senator to pay back the money used to educate five of his six children. Penn Hills pays the Western Pennsylvania Cyber Charter School, a computer-based school in Midland that allows students to work from home, $38,000 a year to educate Santorum's children. The children have been enrolled in the cyber school the past four years.

Santorum announced last night that he and his wife, Karen, would withdraw their children from the cyber school and home school them, as they did before enrolling in the charter school.

"The school district has just informed us that, after reviewing our situation, only children who live in a community on a full-time basis are eligible to be educated in a public charter school program," Santorum said.

The Santorums own a house in Penn Hills but spend most of their time at a house in Leesburg, Va., outside Washington, D.C.

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I would like to see just how often and how well ALL eight Santorums fit in that tiny house with their two renters. Unless, of course, they throw them out when they come home (??!!)

[fertilizeonarbusto]

1. Yeah!

Nail the sanctimonious asswipe!

[maddezmom]

2. maybe he can take out a 2nd mortgage on his 700,000 house

:)

[Mandate My Ass]

3. Good

If anybody's nuts deserve to be in the wringer it's Santorum's. I want to hear him on TV crying like a baby that he's the victim of partisan hate. Effin crook.

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[w4rma]

5. It's not a public school. Its a high priced charter school. (nt)

[meaglomaniac]

6. Not public schools

Santorum doesn't think enough of the public schools system to send his kids there. He's been having the public school system pay for his private school tuition. That's entirely different.

I don't know about the laws in PA, but here in New York when someone lies about residency to get their children into a school district where they don't live, it's a criminal charge, for which one would be subject to arrest. I think the charge is filing fraudulent documentation..


The point here and thing to hammer home is that the Santorum family willfully defrauded the school district and lied to the people of PA.

The Santorums lied to the people of PA. That's what to pound on.

And yes, dammit, they should have to pay back every damn penny of tuition money they stole from their school district.

The little background note to the story is fascinating: As if somehow the fact that the Santorums homeschooled and "saved" taxpayers $80,000 in tuition costs in the past gives the family permission to FILE FRAUDULENT DOCUMENTS AND STEAL MONEY FROM THE SCHOOL DISTRICT NOW.

[gauguin57]

7. Yeah! Send the lying bastard to the slammer ...

with no condoms, lubricant or soap-on-a-rope!

Sorry to be so rude, but Santorum (Latin for ASSHOLE) deserves it! Evil bastard!

[fertilizeonarbusto]

9. "Latin for 'asshole'"

I'm dying here!!!!!!!!!!! :7

[Buzz Clik]

8. Santorum home-schooling his kids?

The little Santorums will grow up believing that the earth is flat and is 40,000 years old. They'll encourage the government to monitor the sexual behavior of all people -- heterosexual, homosexual, self-gratification.

God, I'd hate be his kid.

[Devil Dog Dem]

10. He lives on a million dollar estate, 4 acres, in Horse Country Virginia

He doesn't spend "most" of his time there, he fucking LIVES there.

He is out of touch with PA voters and he is going down in '06.

[corporatemedia]

11. Santorum CYBERGATE SCANDAL links - updated 11/18/04

IMPORTANT NEW QUOTE FROM 11/8/04 - Santorum DEFENDED his theft

“..cyber school fits my family perfectly…”
Ricky 11/8/04
http://www.thepittsburghchannel.com/news/3901275/detail.html



Santorum CYBERGATE SCANDAL links – 11/18/04

DATE / SOURCE / AUTHOR / NOTES

Print media

10/20/04 Penn Hills Progress.. Vera Miller.. original source
http://www.gatewaynewspapers.com/pennhillsprogress/36884/

11/06/04 Pittsburgh Tribune-Review.. Vera Miller
http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/tribune-review/trib/pittsburgh/s_269995.html

11/10/04 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.. Sally kalson.. has PA supreme ct info
http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/04315/409553.stm

11/11/04 Pittsburgh Tribune-Review.. Frazier & Jewell
http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/search/s_271582.html

11/12/04 Tallahassee Democrat.. AP(Jennifer Yates).. picked up nationally
http://www.tallahassee.com/mld/tallahassee/10169219.htm

11/13/04 Philadelphia Daily News / philly.com.. AP.. need to log in
http://www.philly.com/mld/dailynews/news/local/10171378.htm

11/14/04 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.. Eleanor Chute.. possible fraud???
http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/04319/411623.stm

11/16/04 Allentown(PA) Morning Call / mcall.com.. Editor.. 1st(?) negative editorial
http://www.mcall.com/news/opinion/all-editorial2nov16,0,5294825.story?coll=all-newsopinion-hed

11/17/04 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.. Eleanor Chute.. ONLY Santorum does it!!!
http://www.postgazette.com/pg/04322/412987.stm

11/18/04 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.. Joe Fahy.. santorum withdraws kids
http://kdka.com/siteSearch/local_story_322110955.html

11/18/04 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.. Joe Fahy.. town wants REFUND
http://www.postgazette.com/pg/04323/413787.stm


Web media

11/8/04 the Pittsurghchannel.com.. WTAE-tv Pgh PA.. santorum DEFENDS theft
http://www.thepittsburghchannel.com/news/3901275/detail.html

11/13/04 FOXNEWS.COM.. AP.. fox - fear and unbalanced
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,138485,00.html

11/17/04 kdka.com (kdka tv/radio).. AP.. ricky doesn’t live here
http://kdka.com/siteSearch/local_story_322110955.html

11/18/04 kdka.com (kdka tv/radio).. AP.. will HOMESCHOOL kids
http://kdka.com/topstories/local_story_323100927.html


Other resources

N/A Allegheny County (PA) Property Assessment Web Site.. official PA property info
http://www2.county.allegheny.pa.us/RealEstate/General.asp?CurrBloLot=0367G00075000000&HouseNum=111&Street=STEPHENS%20LN&SingleResult=True

N/A Loudon County (VA) Real Property Site.. enter 17650 Tobermory in address field
http://inter1.loudoun.gov/cgi-bin/db2www.exe/webpdbs/re.d2w/INDEX




11/16/04 - Rooney Demands Refund For Santorum's Cyber School Costs

PA Dem Chair Says Santorum “Robbing Pennsylvania Students” for Personal Gain

HARRISBURG, PA: After days of news reports detailing how Senator Rick Santorum has taken $100,000 in Pennsylvania taxpayer dollars for cyber-schooling his children, Rep. T.J. Rooney, Chair of the Pennsylvania Democratic Party, today called on Santorum to refund Pennsylvania's children the taxpayer dollars he has taken from their education to put towards the education of his own children.

Santorum and his family live in Virginia.

Rooney said today, “Senator Santorum keeps going around trumpeting family values, trying to convince citizens that he is the voice for the Pennsylvania family. Now we learn that apparently Mr. Santorum believes that family values means taking from the children who need our help to pay huge bills for his own family, even though they don't live in Pennsylvania.”

According to the Associated Press, the Penn Hills School District in suburban Pittsburgh has spent $100,000 on the Internet-based education of Santorum's children since 2001-2002. Santorum purchased his two bedroom residence in the school district in 1997 for $87,800. His Leesburg, Virginia home was assessed at $757,000 this year.

“This is a classic case of the rich man's Robin Hood,” Rooney followed. “Mr. Santorum makes a generous salary and lives in a very expensive home in Virginia, but he didn't let that stop him from unfairly taking from the Pennsylvania students who need those school funds desperately.”

NOTE: I DO NOT HAVE A LINK FOR THIS STORY

[Ima]

12. Google

7,980 hit for 'santorum+asshole!

[corporatemedia]

14. yeah, but some of that might be because of his obsession with gay sex

[struggle4progress]

13. Republicans --- taxing the poor for the benefit of a small minority. eom

[banana republican]

15. Some one should start a recall petition

He doesn't live in PA anymore so how can he represent them????

[RamboLiberal]

16. Some info from kiddies cyber school website

According to WTAE Ch 4 Pittsburgh

http://www.wpccs.com/

Requirments to attend. Note the proof of residency.

Enrolling in The Pennsylvania Cyber Charter School is easy, but it does require a few simple steps.

Make an appointment to visit us at one of our offices or at another location.
We do require a face-to-face interview as a part of the enrollment process because we think it is vitally important that you have a chance to meet with one of our highly trained faculty as you plan your child's educational future.

To schedule your appointment or to have any questions answered about the school, curriculum options, or extra-curricular activities, please call our admissions department at 1-888-PACYBER (888-722-9237), option 2 during the office hours listed below:

Monday – Thursday: 8:00 am – 4:00 pm
Friday: 8:00 am – 3:00 pm

You will need to bring the following documents to your appointment:

• student's birth certificate
• student's Social Security Card
• student's immunization records
• student's academic transcripts or report cards
• proof of residency, such as a utility bill
• copy of parent's driver's license
• IEP and ER, if applicable

Please note: enrollment cannot be finalized until all documents are received.

http://www.wpccs.com/School/admin.aspx

[corporatemedia]

18. i'll be adding that link the the Santorum CYBERGATE SCANDAL Links ....

for the 11/19/04 edition

[AP]

17. Socilaize the cost. Privatize the gain. Santorum gets taxpayers to pay for

something to which he's not entitled.

Typical Republican values.

[SheepyMcSheepster]

19. that is a very blunt description, i like it that alot.

"socialise the cost. privatize the gain."

that basically sums it up.