Santorum update

[4MoreYearsOfHell]

also posted in PA forum

From the Penn Hills Progress

Santorum bills for children's school $100K
District pays, though family lives in Virginia

By Vera Miller, Staff Writer
Wednesday, October 20, 2004
Penn Hills School District records show bills paid with local taxpayers' money for U.S. Sen. Rick Santorum's children to attend a cyber charter school total more than $100,000.

Since the 2001-2002 school year, at least three Santorum children have been attending a cyber charter school.
This year, the school district has to pay $38,000 for Elizabeth, 13, Richard, 11, Daniel, 9, Sarah, 6, and Peter Santorum, 5, to attend Western Pennsylvania Cyber Charter School, which is based in Beaver County.

State law requires local school districts to pay the tuition of charter school students who live in the school district.

Santorum owns a home on Stephens Lane in Penn Hills, but he, his wife and six children live in the Washington, D.C., suburb of Herndon, Va.

http://www.gatewaynewspapers.com/pennhillsprogress/36884

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1. The article has been scrubbed! n/t

[4MoreYearsOfHell]

5. Sorry - try it now...

[madmax]

7. Ah.. ok Thank you

For all intents and purposes he lives in Virgina as does his wife and kids. He keeps a house in Pa. just for b.s.

How does he get away with this?

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2. Another leech sucking the blood of the American tax payer.

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8. Why is he allowed to hold elected office in

a state he realy doesn't even live in? My congress and senate critters all live in state and commute. :mad:

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3. Thief.

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[Mandate My Ass]

6. Thieving scum sucker

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"Sen. Santorum is in fact a resident of the Penn Hills School District. He pays state, local and real estate taxes in Pennsylvania. He spends most of his time in Washington, D.C., serving the people of Penn Hills and the commonwealth, as a United States senator."

"When the Senate is in session, the senator must be available to vote as needed on the floor of the United States Senate. Therefore, he maintains a residence in the Washington, D.C., area. "

The only way for Santorum to not pay for his children's private education is enrolling them in Penn Hills.

Virginia state law only requires local school districts to pay for private school tuition when a student has disabilities and enrolls in a school that can satisfy his or her needs, according to Charles Pyle, Virginia Department of Education spokesman. "