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What Makes Ronnie Roll: Culture, Communication, And Collaboration
What Makes Ronnie Roll

What Makes Ronnie Roll: Culture, Communication, And Collaboration

  May 1, 2015
It’s been a year since our last round of killer storms rampaged through our county, claiming two lives. As is...
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What Makes Ronnie Roll: The 140 Pilots And The Rest Of The Players
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What Makes Ronnie Roll: The 140 Pilots And The Rest Of The Players

  April 17, 2015
Much is said these days, both in church and in business about need for “servant leadership,” the idea that a...
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What Makes Ronnie Roll: Resurrection, Recreation, And Keeping A Grip
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What Makes Ronnie Roll: Resurrection, Recreation, And Keeping A Grip

  April 3, 2015
Opening Day for the spring/summer ball season is Saturday, April 4th, and in a scene that will be repeated all...
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What Makes Ronnie Roll: Teaching The Dog New Tricks
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What Makes Ronnie Roll: Teaching The Dog New Tricks

  March 20, 2015
This edition’s interview started out in the Mayor’s office, and ended up at Leak City, where members of the Department...
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What Makes Ronnie Roll: The Gold Medal Life
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What Makes Ronnie Roll: The Gold Medal Life

  March 5, 2015
Jump Starts, a devotional written by Certified Speaking Professional, Tim Richardson, has been a source of inspiration lately for Mayor...
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What Makes Ronnie Roll: Storm Season And Smart Boards
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What Makes Ronnie Roll: Storm Season And Smart Boards

  February 20, 2015
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What Makes Ronnie Roll: The Athens “Bus”
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What Makes Ronnie Roll: The Athens “Bus”

  February 6, 2015
Recently Mayor Marks gave his first State of the City address for 2015 at a Rotary Club luncheon. He used...
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What Makes Ronnie Roll: Polaris And Progress
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What Makes Ronnie Roll: Polaris And Progress

  January 16, 2015
Mayor Ronnie had come off of a busy weekend, with the announcement that Polaris was going to build a fabricating...
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What Makes Ronnie Roll: Looking Back And Ahead
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What Makes Ronnie Roll: Looking Back And Ahead

  January 3, 2015
As Mayor Ronnie fetched water and I put coffee in the Mr. Coffee machine in the temporary City Hall conference...
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What Makes Ronnie Roll: Striking Your Match
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What Makes Ronnie Roll: Striking Your Match

  December 19, 2014
For this edition of Ronnie, we sat in the lovely parlor on the main floor of Founders’ Hall at Athens...
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What Makes Ronnie Roll: The Rotarian, Kareem, And Eureka!
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What Makes Ronnie Roll: The Rotarian, Kareem, And Eureka!

  December 5, 2014
This is the first in a series of “Ronnies” that will be keyed off of several outstanding articles published in...
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Holidays Highlight The Character Of Athens – What Makes Ronnie Roll
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Holidays Highlight The Character Of Athens – What Makes Ronnie Roll

  November 20, 2014
The loss of two friends and the sacrifices of veterans were the thoughts lingering in Mayor Ronnie Marks’ mind the...
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What Makes Ronnie Roll: Our Venerable Veterans
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What Makes Ronnie Roll: Our Venerable Veterans

  November 7, 2014
Recently American Legion magazine took a poll of its readers to determine the 100 most beloved veterans of all time,...
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What Makes Ronnie Roll: Greater Things Are Still To Be Done In The City
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What Makes Ronnie Roll: Greater Things Are Still To Be Done In The City

  October 17, 2014
Veteran praise and worship songwriter Chris Tomlin wrote a fitting song to end the Ronnie series taken from The Seamless...
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What Makes Ronnie Roll—It’s Another Great Day In Athens
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What Makes Ronnie Roll—It’s Another Great Day In Athens

  October 3, 2014
As we continue to work our way through Rick Baker’s book The Seamless City, I have found that one of...
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What Makes Ronnie Roll: The Seamless City And Managing The Government
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What Makes Ronnie Roll: The Seamless City And Managing The Government

  September 19, 2014
When we gathered for our usual “second-edition-Monday-morning-appointment,” Mayor Ronnie was utterly energized by having just attended the first “Superhero Fun...
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What Makes Ronnie Roll: Superheroes In The Seamless City
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What Makes Ronnie Roll: Superheroes In The Seamless City

  September 5, 2014
John F. Kennedy said in January of 1961 at his inaugural address, “All of this will not be finished in...
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What Makes Ronnie Roll: Sonny, Cher, And Fixing Potholes
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What Makes Ronnie Roll: Sonny, Cher, And Fixing Potholes

  August 15, 2014
Mayor Ronnie will be the first to tell you that he could not have become who he is today if...
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What Makes Ronnie Roll: The Blessing (?) Of Budgets
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What Makes Ronnie Roll: The Blessing (?) Of Budgets

  August 1, 2014
The weekend had been the 26th CASA mud volleyball tournament, and Mayor Ronnie had been a ref. Despite his best...
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What Makes Ronnie Roll: Athens As A Slice Of Apple Pie

  July 18, 2014
For once I beat him to his office. He sent up a message from below in the Athens Utilities Command...
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