Over 30 years of retirement, Ford would collect as much as $3.3 million, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes Lake County Gazette.
The projection assumes Ford received $69,274 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.
After 2 years of retirement, Ford will have already received $140,626 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the teachers' pension fund.