Grrr And Stuff

Sooo I've been patiently waiting for the DON and CFO to have a meeting with me regarding the promotion and salary. Well considering the facility is really lacking in professionalism we have had 2 brief discussions then I was put off for a month. I hoped that my patience would be rewarded not only in salary but in verbal recognition. On Thursday I finally had a this salary meeting with the DON (what happened to the CFO??) she then proceeded to tell me that as a salary they are initially going to offer me $7,000+ less then what I was expecting. WHAT??!!! Continuing she then said that in 8 months I would get a raise of $3,000 to my salary once I pass my certification exam. Well for all you out there... This position does not require my certification and the job that I am already doing does not change or increase in responsibility once I am certified. ---If you can't already tell I am piping mad.---
Then the DON proceeds to say that she was expecting me to turn it down and now I am being assigned to write a letter to "market myself" to the CFO and possibly the Board. Why are they making me fight when they were paying my predecessor even more, and she was super lazy. The mechanics of this assignment is a little difficult but that is not what bothers me. The fact is that they place little value on this position is a slap in the face to all the residents and to me. It saddens me that they have disregarded all that I have brought to the table over the last 10 months and the potential for the future. I realized while in school that this career is one that is not highly recognized by State and Federal Regulations, and that got me down then and it has now professionally got to me again.
So the question is how do I spin this situation to my benefit? I would really like to keep the position because it keeps me productively busy and makes me apart of something more. I like my residents but the facility could use an employee professionalism face-lift. And I really don't want to be apart of the crazy job market. On the other hand I can withdraw my position let them and the residents suffer and either stick to what I am doing or leave and go with the mind frame of take all or nothing. Another aspect of me is plainly that I like making money for the family.
Well with all that said I am going to write the letter and see what happens.