News Item: SLC revises building energy ordinance after legislators, Mormon church complain about public reporting

But I thought the Leg wanted cleaner air...and that the LDS Church stayed out of politics in Utah...

Salt Lake City officials have toned down plans to tune up energy-inefficient buildings after pressure from legislators, business leaders and a real estate arm of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Both versions of the proposal have had council support, but some members privately felt in January that it wasn't worth risking the ire of influential developers and business owners by debating it during a state legislative session.

Indeed, Sustainability Department Director Vicki Bennett was approached by two legislators — House Majority Leader Brad Wilson, R-Kaysville, and Rep. Mike Schultz, R-Hooper — who fit that bill. City Creek said the ordinance shouldn't apply to places of worship and tax-exempt buildings, and it, too, got its wish.

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