I mean, a quick search reveals that BHCC has $81 million in annual expenditures. If this were a private corporation, we wouldn't blink at the idea that people are making that kind of figure. Whether private or public, all public ed schools need to be at least somewhat competitive in the job market and that means salaries and benefits.

People who are against funding education often claim to believe in the free market. I don't see why it isn't apparent that market forces work against schools, too. There's a supply and demand in the labor force, too, and frankly I don't think anyone wants someone OK with $70k/annual being in charge of that much money or the organizational structures that distribute it.