Rick Menchaca, working on the railroad
By extension, the man whose executive duty it is to keep one of these cityships on a smooth course is a kind of social warrior, a captain of a big ship, who, like the captain of "Big John," must maintain himself and his crew at a high level of alertness and efficiency. The specifics of how that works in an individual case come clear in a review of the work, life, and career of Ricardo (Rick) Menchaca, city manager of Midland, a man who, as the jargon of our time puts it, "has his act together." Midland's official web site notes that the city's manager is "the chief executive officer of the government carries out policy and administers city programs." That's the whole story in a sentence. Rick's days split rather neatly into two areas: one is "routine management" (not always so routine), which includes supervising 865 city employees-98% of everybody who works for the city-and the other is "special projects," individual undertakings to implement city policy, of which a couple of stand-out examples are the new Scharbauer Sports Complex and the Midland International Airport.
There's more on Rick's routine and the special projects he's proudest of later in this article. Meanwhile, let us ask, how did this still young man-Rick is only 38-get to the important post he now occupies? The story begins in Uvalde, Texas, where Rick was born in 1965. His father is Arnold Menchaca, his mother, Aurora Diaz Menchaca. They now live in Del Rio. Arnold and Aurora have four boys: Richard, Arnold, Robert, and Ray. Today Ray lives in Del Rio, Robert in Lubbock, and both Arnold and Rick in Midland. Rick's father was for some years a fraud investigator for the Texas welfare system. He took up that work after a spell in music, directing a band, an occupation he concluded did not produce enough income for a family. The state work, however, resulted in the family's having to move often to a different city; so Arnold, wanting to end the moving around, went to work for the Southern Pacific Railroad, a job he kept for more than 20 years. Working for the railroad, Arnold and his family could stay put in Del Rio.
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