I generally agree but also the local residents (who do vote in local elections) don't want permitting to be speedy. In fact they want it to be slow because the

I generally agree but also the local residents (who do vote in local elections) don't want permitting to be speedy. In fact they want it to be slow because there is a lot of NIMBYism and protectionism around property values. So in this case I think it actually is what voters want.