Corruption at the DC teacher's union

I don't think there is anything special about the embezzlement and other corruptin at the DC chapter of the American Federation of Teachers, but I do have one question.

Audit Says Union Lost $5 Million To Theft (washingtonpost.com)
Bullock, who was elected union president in 1994, made unauthorized and personal charges of at least $1.8 million to the union's corporate American Express cards and used an additional $381,000 for her personal benefit by writing checks to herself or others, the lawsuit said.

The suit alleged that Hemphill diverted at least $492,000 through unauthorized credit card charges or checks written to herself. Baxter is accused of diverting at least $537,000 to his personal use by making credit card purchases for art, clothing, theater and sporting tickets and other items, and by writing checks to himself, including some designated as "pension payments."

In addition, Bullock's chauffeur, Leroy Holmes, allegedly received more than 200 checks totaling more than $1.2 million from Hemphill. He cashed the checks, sometimes depositing the funds in Bullock's account and sometimes providing proceeds to Hemphill, who returned a portion to him, the audit said. It said Holmes believed that his 2001 salary as a chauffeur was $105,000, an amount higher than the salary of any other union employee besides Bullock.

Chauffeur? Do the heads of union locals in DC, or other similar-sized organizations, have chauffeurs? I don't think so, but I've been wrong before.
I don't think this story means anything larger than it's facts -- it's not that all union officials are corrupt, or that people in DC can't govern themselves. (In other words, I'm not Instapundit.) But I do wonder how people in relatively small organizations can think they are entitled to drivers. Hey, take a cab.