Finley's salary

It seems people have their panties in a wad because Dan Finley is going to make $185k annually in his position as CEO of Milwaukee Public Museum. Frankly, when I heard that number, it seemed low. And when I read that his new salary was more than double his old one, I realized I'm not cut out for the public sector. All that stress and publicity and elections for $90k? Ugh. How is that worth it?