Over 30 years of retirement, Burke would collect as much as $894,756, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes Sangamon Sun.
The projection assumes Burke received $18,807 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.
After 2 years of retirement, Burke will have already received $38,178 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the state pension fund.