Over 30 years of retirement, Dew would collect as much as $1.86 million, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes McLean County Times.
The projection assumes Dew received $39,035 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.
After 2 years of retirement, Dew will have already received $79,241 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the state pension fund.