Posted on 11/15/2004 9:23:00 AM PST by crushelits
PITTSBURGH — A suburban Pittsburgh school district is reviewing whether it should be paying for U.S. Sen. Rick Santorum's children to use its Internet-based school, since the Pennsylvania senator and his family live in Virginia.
The Penn Hills district has spent $100,000 educating the Republican's children since 2001-02, said Erin Vecchio, a school board member who requested the review. She also is head of the local Democratic committee.
"I'm concerned because [he is] taking away from my kid. That $100,000 ... could be going to my kids, a computer or something," said Vecchio, who has three children enrolled in Penn Hills schools.
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Wow, I would love to have $100K to spend on a computer...
If so, this is just Democrat bitching over nothing.
Wow, I would love to have $100K to spend on a computer...
LOL I think we have done that over the years!
How would she feel if she just gave his family a voucher and he sent his kids to private school?
Where did the 100,000 number come from? That is unheard of.
Ah... something is amiss here:
"The Santorums' Penn Hills home was assessed for $106,000 last year, records show. The couple's home in Leesburg, Va., was assessed at $757,000 this year, according to records."
Looks to me like they REALLY live in Virginia!
"That $100,000 ... could be going to my kids, a computer or something," said Vecchio
That would be some computer!
can you say "politically motivated smear"?
If he owns a home in that Penn district, then
he woould be receiving a prop tax bill each quarter.
MV
It appears the liberals are ready to start the campaign against Santorum's reelection.
See #7 and read the WHOLE article. It's a tad outrages on behalf of the Republican.
Wow...$100,000. Just think what I could do with $100,000.
And how many times!
Does paying property tax equate to residency? I seem to recall someone in Kansas City saying that he was entitled to vote in both Kansas and Missouri since he owned property and paid taxes in both states.
No, paying property taxes does not equate to residency. Sen. Santorum must establish that he is a resident of the Penn Hills school district. He should be able to do so. But the fact that he pays taxes will have little if any bearing on that determination.
Santorum owns a two-bedroom house and pays property taxes on it. But he doesn't live in it.
To be fair, the man has atleast 6 school age children.
Nonsense. If the children are doing internet-based distance education, the marginal cost to the school district is almost nothing.
No, it's not. They really live in VIRGINA.
This Pennsylvania school district spent $100,000 to have them access the internet FROM VIRGINIA. This is NOT right.
He's NOT paying $100,000 in taxes for his house in PA.
"The Santorums' Penn Hills home was assessed for $106,000 last year, records show. The couple's home in Leesburg, Va., was assessed at $757,000 this year, according to records."
Looks to me like they REALLY live in Virginia!
An opening salvo in the campaign against re-election in '06.
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