Over 30 years of retirement, Patterson would collect as much as $127,477, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes Chambana Sun.
The projection assumes Patterson received $2,679 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.
After 4 years of retirement, Patterson will have already received $11,207 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the state pension fund.