The Alvin Advertiser (Alvin, Tex.), Ed. 1 Wednesday, January 15, 2003 Page: 1 of 32
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Finance Director within a year, fare.
admitted leaving the job is going “I can’t handle goodbyes,” he
to be emotionally difficult. said. “Everything went by so fast.
“This was only my second job I really don’t want to go. If you
since I came to the U.S. from the are doing your job well, why
Phillipines in 1975,” he said. “I stop? But I do think this is in my
worked for the City of Galveston best interest at this time.”
first, and after Hurricane Elisha, I Mendoza’s tenure in Alvin has
decided to leave there. been loaded with change and
“I was very selective about challenging experiences.
where I went to work. It took me “Including temporary people,
about a year before I decided to one of which was me, I’ve had 13
come to Alvin.” City Managers in my 18 years
Mendoza says he is most pud here,” he said. “I’ve been asked to
of how his department has devel- testify in court regarding charges
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Schwind, Jim & Holton, Kathleen. The Alvin Advertiser (Alvin, Tex.), Ed. 1 Wednesday, January 15, 2003, newspaper, January 15, 2003; Alvin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1602926/m1/1/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 15, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Alvin Community College.