Over 30 years of retirement, MacKel would collect as much as $824,957, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes Sangamon Sun.
The projection assumes MacKel received $17,340 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.
After 3 years of retirement, MacKel will have already received $53,596 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the state pension fund.