With the wrap-up of the 2017 Utah legislative session, one has to wonder who are these people who passed these bills (535 pieces in all). The list of misguided legislation is long, but here are some lowlights: a resolution to rescind the Bears Ears National Monument, thus causing the state to lose the twice-yearly Outdoor Retailers Convention and their $45 million contribution to the state's economy (other conventions are likely to look elsewhere too); a phase-out of tax credits for rooftop solar projects (including their clean air and job benefits); suspension of all safety inspections for cars and trucks (who cares about brakes and tires anyway); lowering the DUI alcohol level to .05 percent (about one drink and the lowest in the country, medically unsupported and sure to harm the hospitality industry); elimination of the political diversity requirement on certain state boards and commissions (thus strengthening the super-majority); laws to eliminate tax credits for electric vehicles (more fossil fuels and climate change), passage of a bizarre rule that says burning wood for food preparation can never be banned (grab your marshmallows on a red air day, and you're legal), and a last-minute maneuver to exempt the dirtiest vehicles from emissions testing (diesel cars and trucks). Some of this nonsense is awaiting the governor's signature, but much of it has already been signed into law.