The Legislature, through SB187, sought to extend, for one more year, the life of the Mountainous Planning Commission. It was created by the Legislature in 2015 to develop recommendations and share them with the Salt Lake County Council.
Not to a small group of vocal opponents. They have long accused the county and this commission of “strong-arm tactics,” intimidation, threats of cutting off funding for police and fire, and infringing on property rights in the newly incorporated town of Brighton.
There was enough muddiness around the issue that SB187 was one of just three bills (out of 574 that the Legislature passed) that Gov.