The recent letter from a coalition of Delaware business organizations opposing Substitute 1 to Ordinance 25-101 reads like déjà vu. The same familiar phrases, “anti-business,” “sending the wrong message,” “discouraging investment”, are recycled every time someone proposes reasonable standards to ensure corporate accountability or community protection.

This isn’t thoughtful policy analysis; it’s reflex. A reflex born of what I call Delaware’s small-state groupthink syndrome, the same handful of organizations speaking with one voice, repeating the same warnings no matter the issue. Whether it’s wetlands protection, worker safety, affordable housing, or now data-center regulation, the refrain never changes: “Don’t regulate, don’t slow us down, trust us. A balanced approach of business and qu

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