Teachers Union Chief Sentenced in Scandal (No Theif Left Behind)

[RUexperienced]

http://www.lasvegassun.com/sunbin/stories/nat-gen/2004/jan/30/013007806.html
January 30, 2004

Teachers Union Chief Sentenced in Scandal
By BRIAN WESTLEY
ASSOCIATED PRESS

WASHINGTON (AP) - The former president of the Washington Teachers' Union was sentenced Friday to more than nine years in prison for a scam in which she embezzled millions of dollars in union dues...


Prosecutors said the illegal activity took place over more than six years, after Bullock became the union's president in 1994. During that time, the attorneys said, Bullock siphoned money from the union to make a number of lavish purchases. The haul included $100,000 in season tickets to games of the NFL Washington Redskins and the NBA Washington Wizards.

The scam was first discovered in July 2002 during an audit by the union's parent organization, the American Federation of Teachers. The scandal didn't become public until late 2003 when the FBI seized a number of luxury items from the homes of several former union officials...

[lcordero]

1. I hope that this causes for some heavy duty measures to be

taken as far as oversight is concerned.

[JailForBush]

2. Sounds Just Like Exxon

Just ONE teachers union whore is going to prison? There are probably several others who belong behind bars, including virtually every official with the Seattle Education Association, Washington Education Association and top National Education Association officials.

I'm SO grateful for all those bastards did for me and my students during my 16 years in education. Thanks for the back-stabbing, pals!