Non-comprehension as (a) political platform, (b) city motto, (c) mantra ray?

re·dun·dan·cy
Pronunciation: \ri-ˈdən-dən(t)-sē\
Function: noun
plural re·dun·dan·cies
Date: circa 1602

1 a: the quality or state of being redundant : superfluity b: the use of redundant components; also : such components chiefly British : dismissal from a job especially by layoff

2: profusion, abundance

3 a: superfluous repetition : prolixity b: an act or instance of needless repetition

4: the part of a message that can be eliminated without loss of essential information

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Thanks to Merriam-Webster, and apologies for not seeing the Tribune reporter in the room for the rental inspection and code enforcement committee meeting on Wednesday night.

Committee may suggest rental registration in New Albany, by Daniel Suddeath.

In the article, committee member Steve Price is quoted as saying, “I don’t understand why you want to put another fee on taxpayers.”

Yep -- that’s the redundancy.

The utterance might have plausibly stopped with “I don’t understand” (does he ever so much as try?) and retained its full, rich meaning. Everything else after that is non-essential information. On the other hand, absent non-essential information, Price would possess none whatsoever. His career in politics is a paean to empty calories -- performed tunelessly, repetively and with quite the unceasing air of redundancy.

Come to think of it, we’ll be able to make Price redundant in 2011 in the British sense of usage, assuming citizens residing within the 3rd council district keep their heads and run one quality primary candidate against Jethro and not two, as has been the case the previous two election cycles. Let's hope we get it right this time.