Brown supported cuts in funding for college students

I am sure I’m not alone in being stunned at how much Lisa Brown was paid by Washington State University. She earned more than $1 million in three years working for WSU in Spokane.

On top of her $364,000 salary, it recently emerged that Lisa got an extra $40,000 a year just for staying in her job.

It’s an amazing amount of money, especially when median household income in Eastern Washington is a little over $50,000. Lisa Brown’s bonus was more than many families earn in a year!

Lisa Brown had no experience in managing any kind of educational institution. She had no medical background. It seems very strange.

What’s most galling about all this is how much college tuition costs went up while Lisa Brown led the Washington state Senate. She chose to cut college funding, dramatically pushing up student tuition, in order to spend money on other priorities. It’s a real hardship for young people forced to take on huge debts to get through college. 

I’m guessing that many of those debt-burdened college graduates could now really use a Lisa Brown-style, taxpayer-funded job at more than $400,000 a year.

Vernon White

Spokane Valley