RYAN TO MAKE MORE WHEN HE'S RETIRED STATE PENSION LETS GOVERNOR COLLECT $30,000 MORE A YEAR THAN HIS CURRENT PAY

Gov. Ryan's state pension will be much greater than his salary of$150,691.

The one-term governor will leave office in January 2003 with anannual pension of $128,087 that will soar to $178,041 a year later.And Ryan's pension will increase 3 percent every year afterward.

It will add up to the richest pension of any retired Illinoisgovernor, and it's all because of a unique quirk in the GeneralAssembly Retirement System--the most generous taxpayer-fundedgovernment pension plan in Illinois.

On top of his pension, Ryan can freely spend any money left in hiscampaign fund, which had a balance of $3.1 million June 30. And thegovernor is still raising money, including a …