Over 30 years of retirement, Martinez would collect as much as $999,654, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes McLean County Times.
The projection assumes Martinez received $21,012 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.
After 3 years of retirement, Martinez will have already received $64,945 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the state pension fund.