Over 30 years of retirement, Carlson would collect as much as $375,084, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes Lake County Gazette.
The projection assumes Carlson received $7,884 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.
After 3 years of retirement, Carlson will have already received $24,370 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the state pension fund.