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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. These projects can be of varying difficulty and expense; their common feature is that they add to the quality of life for people who live in or visit Midland. When you talk to Rick about his work for Midland, it is the second category that tends to get emphasized. His eyes light up, for example, when he talks of the new skateboard installation at Beale Park that opened April 2003 and is “the best skateboard park between Dallas and Phoenix.”


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