PEORIA—Many Peoria-area government retirees received over $100,000 in pension benefits, according to pension researcher, Bill Zettler. This is one of many reports prepared by Zettler over the past nine years on Illinois Government Pensions.
“The Peoria-area government retirees with the highest pensions are almost all retired educators,” said Jim Tobin, president of National Taxpayers United of Illinois, “The top recipient is T. Thomas, former employee of Illinois Central College, whose annual pension is $172,520. That works out to $14,376 a month.”
Jim Tobin addresses the press in Peoria on November 17, 2010.