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Is this the house he was living in when he lied about his residence to get the PA on-line home-schooling program? He claimed he and his family resided in a house in the district - where he had once lived when he was first married 20 years ago but not since then - so that his kids could get free tuition as residents.

Then he let the State of PA pay the $50,000 fine imposed by the school district when his fraud was discovered. Saving to buy the $2 million dollar house for himself, I guess.

Any wonder why people think Santorum is dishonest?

that whole issue was a democrat hit job

Imagine a Senator from PA, and a PA resident by legal definition, not being to enroll his kids in an online PA charter school at a fraction of what it would have cost the school district to educate his 7 kids if he left his family in PA while he served in the Senate.

He did not LIE about his residence. Democrat operatives picked up on the technicality that he didn’t “live” there, but it was his PA residence while serving in the Senate and living in Virginia

Rick was Palinized by democrat operatives on this

>>Is this the house he was living in when he lied about his residence to get the PA on-line home-schooling program?<<

As you are an honorable FReeper I know that you are posting this mistakenly.

First read this from Wiki..

Santorum’s residency has been controversial, with critics noting that Santorum had made the residency of his opponent a major campaign issue when he first ran for Congress in 1990.

In 1997, Santorum purchased a three bedroom house in the Pittsburgh suburb of Penn Hills. In 2001, he bought $640,000 house in Leesburg, Virginia,[119] but sold it in 2007 for $850,000,[172] and purchased a $2 million home in Great Falls, Virginia.[173]

“In November 2004, the Penn Hills School District, which was paying 80% of the tuition costs associated with the Santorum’s five older children attending the Western Pennsylvania Cyber Charter School, asked Santorum to repay $67,000 in tuition costs as the district believed that he and his family were spending most of the year in Virginia and did not meet the qualifications for residency status.[174] Santorum disputed the assessment and withdrew his children from the cyber education program. On July 8, 2005, a Pennsylvania state hearing officer dismissed the complaint as not being filed in a timely manner. The school district sought reimbursement from the state and in September 2006, the Pennsylvania Department of Education agreed to pay the district $55,000 to settle the dispute. In September 2006, Santorum asked county officials to remove the homestead tax exemption from his Penn Hills property.”

Santorum paid property taxes on his home. He has the same right to register his children in the district as any other homeowner does. His cash for the virtual school went to the state. The state pays the district. It’s that simple.

Here is a link to the PA dept of ed rules on charters...
http://www.portal.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt/community/charter_school_regulations/7359/summary_of_charter_school_legislation/508170

Here’s the money quote...

“A charter school shall enroll students who chose to apply and are residents of the school district or participating districts. Nonresident students may also be enrolled with first preference given to resident students”

They ruled against his residency because he spent time there and DID pay the taxes. He honestly thought he was following the rules. Personally, I wouldn’t have paid for it either.

Now let’s get Newt elected!!!!