It is unfortunate when people in positions of authority steal from their constituents. The Duval Teachers Union has approximately 6,500 dues-paying members and the Union represents around 13,000 school employees including teachers, paraprofessionals, and office personnel. This union takes approximately $5 million in annual dues. These two crooks embezzled more than $1.2 million of the course of 7 years. Despite their advance age, it is right that they were caught, prosecuted, and sentenced to prison, although not much time. Their prolonged scheme greatly harmed the members and the integrity of that organization.

The Duval Teachers Union has fewer than half of its 13,000 represented folks paying dues. This says something about the lack of quality of representation for those school employees.