Last Wednesday, Bill Dennis posted a postcard advertisement from Aaron Schock for a “community coffee” with Second District Councilperson Barbara Van Auken and Police Chief Steve Settingsgaard. Bill objected to the design of the postcard, observing that it looks like campaign literature and could give someone the misconception that Van Auken and Settingsgaard endorse Schock.

Jennifer Davis and Molly Parker followed up on this story in today’s Word on the Street column. They called Van Auken and Settingsgaard to see how they felt about the advertisement. Van Auken said she wasn’t too terribly concerned about it and reiterated her support for Fourth District Councilman Bill Spears — Schock’s opponent in the upcoming election. Settingsgaard was also unconcerned and said he hasn’t endorsed either candidate yet, but it appears he votes Republican, so we can all speculate on who he would/might endorse.

As for Jennifer and Molly’s take on it, they were also unconcerned:

This is the type of thing that wouldn’t normally ruffle feathers, but, be warned: we are entering the hyper-sensitive silly season where staunch supporters of one candidate or another seem to think that there’s a double meaning behind every word spoken, every random encounter.

I’ll betcha Bill is working on a rebuttal to that statement right now.