Over 30 years of retirement, Lowe would collect as much as $916,627, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes Carbondale Reporter.
The projection assumes Lowe received $19,266 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.
After 3 years of retirement, Lowe will have already received $59,549 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the state pension fund.