Santorum CYBERGATE SCANDAL links and ACTION

[corporatemedia]

Santorum CYBERGATE SCANDAL links

DATE / SOURCE / AUTHOR / NOTES

10/20/04 Penn Hills Progress..Vera Miller..original source
http://www.gatewaynewspapers.com/pennhillsprogress/3688 ... /

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

11/10/04 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette..Sally Kalson..only P-G story so far? Contains 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/tribune-review/trib/tri ...

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

N/A Allegheny Property Assessment Web Site official property info
http://www2.county.allegheny.pa.us/RealEstate/General.a ...

if anyone has new links, please reply to my post and i will continue to compile the list.

i have contacted the local DFA group in the hopes of organizing a sign campaign. unfortunately, i have no resources but a lot of ideas, including a web site, bumper stickers and...

erecting 4'X 8' signs in high visibility locations in communities around allegheny county saying something like -

SENATOR SANTORUM
DON'T MOVE HERE
WE CAN'T AFFORD YOU

we need to act now. we can't wait until 2006 to start our campaign against santorum. strike while the iron is hot!

if anyone in the pittsburg area is interested in this please contact me at [email protected] Ed Dobson

[RamboLiberal]

1. PG does story - some new tidbits - someone lives in home

but not a Santorum.



This house at 111 Stephens Lane in Penn Hills is owned by U.S. Sen. Rick Santorum.

http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/04319/411623.stm

The Penn Hills School District, which is paying about $38,000 a year for five of U.S. Sen. Rick Santorum's children to attend a cyber charter school, is looking into whether the Republican senator resides in the district.

School board member Erin Vecchio, who is chair of the Democratic party in Penn Hills and lives near a two-bedroom house owned by the Santorums, said, "I live right down the street from the man. He's never there. ... He doesn't live here."

She thinks the district shouldn't have to pay for the Santorum children to attend the Western Pennsylvania Cyber Charter School. It is based in Midland but serves more than 3,100 pupils from nearly 400 school districts statewide who attend via computer.

Under state law, the district in which the pupil resides must pay for each resident who attends a charter school. While the fee varies by district, Penn Hills must pay $7,551 for each pupil.

<snip>

The Santorums use the Penn Hills address for voter registration as do two other people, Bart and Alyssa DeLuca, both 25, according to Allegheny County records.

[corporatemedia]

2. thanks for the link

you made my night

i added it to link list and added it to your breaking news story.

we need a name for it - i've been using "santorum CYBERGATE SCANDAL"

what do you think??

[corporatemedia]

3. UPDATED and corrected links...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x988142#988240

[JPZenger]

4. Does Santorum Meet Residency Requirements to be Senator?

I'm more interested in whether Santorum meets residency requirements to be a PA. Senator. If he only has one small residence, which is occupied by 2 non-relatives, then where is his PA. residence?

[RamboLiberal]

5. Allentown Morning Call has editorial - 11-16

Allentown (PA) Morning Call Editorial

http://www.mcall.com/news/opinion/all-editorial2nov16,0,5294825.story?coll=all-newsopinion-hed

Elected officials deserve to keep their families behind a wall of privacy, at least most of the time. Sometimes, however, office holders make decisions regarding families that overlap with public policy. Sometimes, the pertinent public policy is bad policy. Just this unfolded last week regarding U.S. Sen. Rick Santorum.

<snip>

It may bother some people that one of Pennsylvania's senators doesn't live here, hasn't lived here since 1995, in fact. His staff does maintain eight offices here, including one in Allentown, and a spokeswoman said Mr. Santorum visits all 67 Pennsylvania counties yearly. And, there is nothing illegal about the dual residences. Lots of members of Congress do it that way, particularly those who come from states that are far away.

It may also bother people that a family with income based on the annual senate salary of $150,000 asks taxpayers to pay for what amounts to homeschooling.

<snip>

Whether such an arrangement amounts to good education is up to individual families, of course. But in the case of the Santorums, the residency part plus the public funding part add up to a situation that doesn't pass the old ''sit well'' test. It just doesn't sit well with our sense of public service that the Senator chooses to avail himself of this option.

[corporatemedia]

6. great link - thanks

i'll be updating and posting a new list tommorow

thanks

[corporatemedia]

7. Santorum CYBERGATE SCANDAL links - updated 11/17/04

Santorum CYBERGATE SCANDAL links – 11/17/04


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



Web media

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

[RamboLiberal]

8. Here's link to Cyber school they attended

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

[One Taste]

9. I attend the Cyber School

and that info is correct. You're supposed to have to have all of that to enroll.

[corporatemedia]

10. what grade are you in? have your heard anything about this through...

the school??