Excerpt: The board of the state's financially troubled retirement fund has come up with a rescue plan that involves a good bit of fiscal pain and sacrifice. It appears to be a commendable starting point for state lawmakers in that it involves the sort of shared sacrifice we've supported in the past. Predictably, governments -- meaning taxpayers -- would be on the hook for what could be a significant part of the bailout. And while that's concerning, a more troubling element, we think, is the failure of the Colorado Public Employees Retirement Association pension board to attach financial values -- real dollars -- to the various components of the complex plan it's presenting to state lawmakers. PERA officials told us they couldn't supply such figures. The legislature ought to demand the information before moving forward with a plan to prop up PERA, which is facing $27.5 billion in unfunded liabilities.  MORE >>