Over 30 years of retirement, Richardson would collect as much as $616,626, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes Chicago City Wire.
The projection assumes Richardson received $12,961 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.
After 4 years of retirement, Richardson will have already received $54,226 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the teachers' pension fund.