Over 30 years of retirement, Hoppe would collect as much as $508,105, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes Chambana Sun.
The projection assumes Hoppe received $10,680 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.
After 4 years of retirement, Hoppe will have already received $44,680 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the state pension fund.