Over 30 years of retirement, Kruse would collect as much as $303,019, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes Sangamon Sun.
The projection assumes Kruse received $6,369 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.
After 4 years of retirement, Kruse will have already received $26,646 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the state pension fund.