Over 30 years of retirement, Blake would collect as much as $1.04 million, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes Galesburg Reporter.
The projection assumes Blake received $21,899 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.
After 4 years of retirement, Blake will have already received $91,618 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the state pension fund.