Californians should be concerned and wary as our liberal Democrat Governor and liberal Democrat-controlled legislature roll up their sleeves for another year of dirty work.

Typical outcomes will include higher taxes and more fees, more regulations on everything you could (and couldn’t) imagine, more erosion of rights as our “oh so smart” political class seeks to run our lives better than we could ever hope to do on our own.

Take it all in knowing that the real decision makers and power players aren’t before you in public office. The public employee unions in this state have wisely spent hundreds of millions of dollars to elect their vassals into office, and so the decisions that matter the most in state government that matter the most won’t be made in committee rooms or even the Governor’s conference room — but likely in a suite at a posh hotel booked out by the California Teachers Association.

To our 42 Republicans in the legislature I wish you good luck and a strong personal constitution. Remember that the only thing that can give their legal plunders a patina of bipartisanship is if any of you join in their agenda. They are proud of their liberal agenda — let them own it.

At least this week Harry Reid gets demoted to US Senate Minority Leader! So some good news.

Happy 2015!