Indulge me as we jump into my home-made time machine and travel forward to Connecticut circa July 2023.

The air is thick and stale as the day’s global warming temps inch towards 90. We see Ricky, our 24-year-old fast-food employee, who calls Bridgeport home, leaving his $15 an hour burger flipping job and zipping along Interstate 95, cruising through a couple of toll gantries. He exits in downtown New Haven, parks his electric car, and excitingly begins peeling off $100 bills to buy some weed, grab a heavily taxed sugary drink, and make a couple of sports bets.

He takes a short handicapping break to sit on a bench and fill out his Paid Family Leave paperwork so he can take his maximum 12 weeks with pay to visit his medically recovering 15-year-old cousin in Waterbury. His cousin is fresh off winning two girls state track championships and he finally decided to have the transgender operation that he's (she’s?) always wanted. Ricky's happy because, even though his cousin lives 65 miles away in the "Brass City," they were both able to go to the same high school in Greenwich thanks to school regionalization.

Honestly, is this the plan for the Constitution State — government-inflated pay, pot sales, sports betting, tolls, paid leave policies that invite abuse, the end of neighborhood schools?

Back from the future, I'm sorry to report that present day Governor Ned Lamont has been an early disappointment. He’s been running the show here in Connecticut for about 80 days, and in those 11 weeks has done little to convince me that the 694,510 people who voted for him made a wise decision. In addition to a messaging problem, there seems to be a running theme of misinformation and uncertainty. Lamont appears confused, disheveled, and dysfunctional. His administration has stumbled and bumbled its way through the first three months, sharing little detail and offering too much speculation about what it may potentially do.

More dangerous than this governor, however, may be the makeup of our state House of Representatives and Senate. This is shaping up as  the most heavy-handed Democratic legislature to rule the Nutmeg State — ever! The Connecticut progressive agenda is on a mission and just about every single issue that’s being currently considered in Hartford will darken the hue of our already deep-blue state.

We all know about tolls and the tax increases, but don't forget about that paid family leave, higher minimum wage, forced school regionalization, legalizing of marijuana, and all the potential new gun-control measures. Sprinkle in the potential for radical pro-abortion legislation and sanctuary city protections and you've created a Liberal Utopia. This is a designed attack aimed at overwhelming the electorate.

Powerful labor and liberal lobbying groups are assembling to figure out the best way to message the impending onslaught. Whether it's tolls, green energy or sin taxes, the left has a plan to sell you on giving up more of your money.

Pay close attention to how desperate some Democratic state reps and senators will be to keep their fingerprints off certain bills that may eventually cost them votes. Case in point: Raised Bill 7280, which states "the General Assembly will have only 15 days to vote on tolling recommendations from the Connecticut Department of Transportation after an informational hearing, otherwise the tolling proposal will pass and be submitted to the Federal Highway Administration."

That bill would essentially give cover to any elected official who is in favor of tolls. Politics is dirty. And if this bill passes, then Connecticut politics is downright filthy.

Even though it all may seem like a lost cause, we do have a large collection of patriots who refuse to be silenced and are pushing back. Anti-tolling organizations are popping up everywhere, frantic parents are voicing their concerns on education consolidation and distressed citizens are speaking up on gun rights, sales taxes and more. Notollsct.org has close to 90,000 online signatures and the most recent poll shows 59 percent of the state’s residents oppose electronic tolls. The question: Is anybody listening?

Maybe I'm mistaken about the governor. Maybe he proves me wrong. I hope he recognizes when an ideology has simply gone too far. Maybe he rides in on a white horse (toll free of course) and has the guts to stand up to the party leaders in the legislature and their hard-left Democratic agenda.

This may sound a little crazy, but since the Republicans are surrounded and outnumbered in the capital, maybe the only chance for a slice of sanity is for someone from the Democrat side to see the light.

Does Lamont hear us? I'm not counting on it.

Lee Elci is the morning host for 94.9 News Now radio, a station that provides "Stimulating Talk" with a conservative bent.