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# On Permitting, Delaware's Democratic Governor Gets Praise from Conservative Analyst
- URL: https://broadbandbreakfast.com/on-permitting-delawares-democratic-governor-gets-praise-from-conservative-analyst/
- Published: 2026-04-21T19:58:14.000Z
- Updated: 2026-08-19T22:02:14.000Z
- Description: Governor is trying to reduce state's permitting backlog.
- Author: Lincoln Patience
- Tags: BEAD, Delaware, American Broadband Deployment Act, Mercatus Center, #with-siderail

WASHINGTON, April 21, 2026 — A conservative analyst is praising Delaware’s Democratic governor for backing permitting reform.

**Satya Marar,** a Research Fellow at the **Mercatus Center at George Mason University**, supported **Delaware’s Democratic Gov. Matt Meyer**’s new executive order [speeding up broadband permits](https://broadbandbreakfast.com/states-push-to-redirect-bead-excess-funds-toward-public-safety-gaps/) in[ an April 16 blog post](https://thedailyeconomy.org/article/getting-the-bureaucracy-out-of-broadband/?ref=broadbandbreakfast.com) for the *Daily Economy*.

Marar argued that reducing unnecessary regulation was essential to closing the digital divide and supporting data‑intensive technologies such as artificial intelligence, autonomous vehicles and telemedicine.

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“Cutting-edge broadband is vital for the rapid and secure movement of high volumes of data necessary to develop and execute life-changing AI models and applications,” Marar said. 

[Meyer’s order](https://governor.delaware.gov/executive-orders/executive-order-18/?ref=broadbandbreakfast.com) will clear permit backlogs, establish expedited review for energy projects, and will require state agencies to submit public reports on their progress.

“Governor Meyer’s Permitting Accelerator outlines a bold strategy for expediting some of the most critical projects that will put roofs over heads, lower energy costs, and improve quality of life for communities across our state — which is something that the Senate Democrats would welcome wholeheartedly,” [said](https://news.delaware.gov/2026/02/26/governor-matt-meyer-signs-executive-order-streamlining-state-permitting-regulations/?ref=broadbandbreakfast.com) Senate President Pro Tempore **Dave Sokola**.

A coalition of broadband trade groups recently [pushed for the passage of the American Broadband Deployment Act](https://broadbandbreakfast.com/broadband-coalition-pushes-for-passage-of-permitting-reform-bill/) on April 14, 2026\. The bill was [first introduced in 2020](https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/119/hr2289?ref=broadbandbreakfast.com#google%5Fvignette) and has been [re-introduced multiple times](https://broadbandbreakfast.com/house-commerce-committee-clears-broadband-permitting-bills/). It could come up for a House floor vote this week, [according](https://www.majorityleader.gov/schedule/weekly-schedule.htm'?ref=broadbandbreakfast.com) to House Majority Leader **Steve Scalise,** R-La.