The scandal that will bring down SANTORUM??? it's CYBERGATE

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Santorum Family Values

IMPORTANT NEWS QUOTE FROM 11/8/04 - Santorum DEFENDED his THEFT

“..cyber school fits my family perfectly…”- Ricky 11/8/04
HEADLINE: Santorum Defends Kids' Cyber Enrollment
http://www.thepittsburghchannel.com/news/3901275/detail.html

Santorum CYBERGATE SCANDAL Links – 11/19/04
DATE / SOURCE / AUTHOR / NOTES


Print media

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

11/18/04 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.. Joe Fahy.. santorum withdraws kids
http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/04323/413675.stm

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

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

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

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

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

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

11/6/04 Pittsburgh Tribune-Review.. Vera Miller
http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/tribune-review/trib/pittsburgh/s_269995.html the mellon-scaife paper!

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



Web media

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

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

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

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

N/A Western PA Cyber Charter School Site.. gives RESIDENCY requirements
http://www.wpccs.com/


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



DU CREDITS: RamboLiberal / No Mandate Here

[flowomo]

1. I don't think it will "take him down....."

all by itself.... but it will be a powerful weapon in an overall campaign. Santorum survived last time because the Dems ran a fool against him (Ron Klink). I hope to hell that doesn't happen again. And if it's Bob Casey, Jr. -- Santorum is in big trouble.

[corporatemedia]

3. remember what happened to arianna huffingon's hubbie??

he didn't report paying his domestic servants.
DID RICKY HAVE HOUSESITTERS?
two people (registered voters at that address) lived there.

or were they renters?
so he could not have lived there?

FRAUD?

this is still a DEVELOPING story

[flowomo]

7. true.. but he's entrenched and truly sleazy. so it'll still take a big gun

to beat him. I regret that one key might be to match him up against another pro-lifer (as Casey is) because that is a huge deal here in PA.

[corporatemedia]

8. yeah, it might be necessary...

especially if they put the anti-gay marriage amendment on the ballot in '06. if that's the case, he might be the ONLY way to beat him

[flowomo]

13. I am not for selling out ANY liberal cause,....

but Casey has an upside.... and Santorum has no upside whatsoever

[corporatemedia]

14. my sentiments exactly...

generally i'm so pro-choice that i even think that men should be able to have abortions. but we have to get rid of santorum.

[flowomo]

15. here's a column I wrote about Santorum when he did

that man-on-dog thing

http://cumberlink.com/articles/2003/04/24/editorial/rich_lewis/lewis01.txt

[corporatemedia]

18. sex talk with a female reporter? who's he think he is...

BILL O'REILLY??

[flowomo]

19. you see the LBN post on Santorum and the free tuition?

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21. yeah i did and check this out -

"Nick Trombetta, CEO of the Pennsylvania Cyber Charter School, says he thinks those who criticize Santorum are motivated by politics."

From 11/8/04 link

already defending santorum a 10 days ago!

what are their political connections?

the plot thickens.

[pk_du]

2. Link here

http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=13395654&BRD=2212&PAG=461&dept_id=465812&rfi=6


and the drum-beat must start for "full refund" since they last really lived in PA

[corporatemedia]

10. refund? hell no. i want santorum to have a man-date with his cellmate

[iwantmycountryback]

4. Funny...I always figured

him being an asshole would be enough to bring him down.

[GRLMGC]

5. You swear

Assholes thrive in this government.

[Plausible]

6. Santorium "job" during law school

I have heard Santorium was receiving a full time salary as an aid to former State Senator Doyle Corman when Santorium was going to law school , roughly a three hour drive from the job.

Is there some way we could find out if this is true?

Wouldnt people be ticked off IF the public payroll (taxpayers) sent him to law school?

[corporatemedia]

22. if you do find something...

send it to me. i'd like to see that.

but right now i'm spending all available time on CYBERGATE

maybe we should have the SANTORUM FORUM

[craiga86]

9. ...

[corporatemedia]

12. if you mean make santorum seem like a carpetbagger....

that's exactly what he did in 1990 when he ran for congress against dem Doug Walgren.

the biggest campaign issue for santorum was that Walgren LIVED IN VA.

LOL

[Mike Nelson]

11. Rick Santorum

Rick Santorum should be out of government. Terrible policies... very "un-American."

[The Wielding Truth]

16. He also didn't respond to a letter sent to him for jury duty.

Don't have the link but I remember him saying off handedly that if he could set up his schedule to coincide with the court he would gladly go.He is so busy you see. Is it a policy that anyone can set their own schedule when they want to be on a jury. So irresponsible.

[RamboLiberal]

17. Now School is offering Free Education to his kids

http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/04324/414263.stm

Five of U.S. Sen. Rick Santorum's children will no longer attend a cyber charter school at the expense of the Penn Hills School District, but the cyber school's teachers have offered to donate their services so the children's education is uninterrupted.

<snip>

The children were home-schooled before signing up for the cyber school, submitting the required materials to the Penn Hills School District. In an interview with KDKA Radio yesterday morning, Santorum said the home-schooling "probably'' saved the district $80,000 to $90,000.

<snip>

While it varies by district and year, Penn Hills must pay $7,551 this year for each regular student and more for special education students. If the Santorum students are in regular education, the total for four school years amounts to $104,768, but $11,326 may be reimbursed by the state.

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"I'm going to do what's best for my family. If people don't like it, then they have an opportunity in a couple of years to show their displeasure,'' he said.

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20. edit n/t

[Justitia]

23. sigh...I wish it were true, but it will take a DEAD GIRL or LIVE BOY

to get rid of these fanatical RW scum.

Repubs simply DO NOT CARE about huge financial scandals and thievery - hell, it's practically part of their platform.

Unless it is sex, sex, or sex (their obsession), they can steal the whole country blind (remember the Savings & Loan Scandal? - biggest American thievery ever!) and their voting consituents are nothing but proud of how they screw the public trust into oblivion.