Over 30 years of retirement, Valentine would collect as much as $959,913, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes Chicago City Wire.
The projection assumes Valentine received $20,176 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.
After 3 years of retirement, Valentine will have already received $62,361 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the state pension fund.