Over 30 years of retirement, Whittaker would collect as much as $578,326, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes DeKalb Times.
The projection assumes Whittaker received $12,156 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.
After 3 years of retirement, Whittaker will have already received $37,574 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the state pension fund.