Connecting More Dots

You have to love these City Hall press releases:

• Mayor Richard M. Daley today named new commissioners for the Departments of Streets and Sanitation and Fleet Management, a new director of the Chicago Alternative Policing Strategy program (CAPS) and a new Deputy Chief of Staff for Community and Faith-Based Initiatives.

• Vance Henry, Deputy Chief of Staff in the Mayor's Office for Community and Faith-Based Initiatives. Henry has served as director of the City's CAPS program since 2001.

  "In his new role, Vance will work with me and alongside Police Superintendent Weis and the CAPS program to continue expanding community policing efforts," Daley said.

  "I have directed him to work with neighborhood organizations and city agencies to ensure the strategic delivery of city services and programs in the neighborhoods of most need, and I expect him to expand our partnerships with the faith-based community.

  "Vance is a passionate and dedicated professional. He grew up in Chicago and he knows that strong and safe neighborhoods represent the key to our city's continued progress," he said.

Lord knows we could use His help out here, and maybe God Himself could raise the CAPS program from the dead. But is a guy caught on tape warning dope dealers of ongoing investigations really the person you want to be the public face of a police program?