[richlevy]

Well, you can't say he's against the best public education money can buy, at least when it involves his children.

When Santorum first was elected to Congress, he lived in Mt. Lebanon. But Santorum and his wife Karen sold that house in 1995 and purchased one in a Virginia suburb of Washington, D.C., that year. They since have sold that home and purchased another Virginia home assessed at $757,000.

In 1997, the Santorums bought a Penn Hills home -- located next door to Santorum's in-laws -- for $87,800.

In between the Mt. Lebanon and Penn Hills homes, Santorum said yesterday, he listed his Pennsylvania address as the Penn Hills home of his in-laws.

Nick Trombetta, chief executive officer of the Pennsylvania Cyber Charter School, which is based in Midland, Beaver County, said he received a copy of the Dec. 8 letter Penn Hills sent to the state Department of Education questioning payments for the Santorum children in 2003-04 and 2004-05.

Some of the Santorum children, who previously were home schooled, have been enrolled at the cyber school since 2001-02. Until the start of this school year, the bill totaled $67,013. This year would have cost $37,754, but the children attended only for the start of the school year.

I think Pennsylvania is being selfish in denying Virginia the potential services of a fine public servant like Rick Santorum.