COBB COUNTY'S REPUTATION FOR BEING MOSTLY WHITE EXTENDS TO THEIR POLITICAL LEADERS.
AN OVERWHELMING MAJORITY OF OFFICIALS IN LOCAL, COUNTY, AND STATE GOVERNMENT FROM THE COUNTY ARE WHITE.
THERE HAS BEEN SOME IMPROVEMENT IN DIVERSIFYING POSITIONS FROM CITY HALL ALL THE WAY TO THE STATE CAPITOL.
15 NON-WHITE OFFICIALS HOLD POSTS IN GOVERNMENT, UP FROM JUST FOUR IN 2000.
COBB'S DEMOGRAPHICS ARE DIVERSIFYING, AND THERE ARE MORE SIGN OF CHANGE IN THE FUTURE POLITICAL LANDSCAPE.
(Kerwin Swint/Kennesaw State University Political Science Professor)
"You see a lot more minorities in the Southern half of the county. Minority groups are moving into the suburbs."
MARIETTA CITY SCHOOLS AND COBB COUNTY SCHOOLS HAVE A MAJORITY-MINORITY ENROLLMENT.
TODAY, LESS THAN HALF OF THOSE DISTRICTS STUDENTS ARE WHITE.
A "VOICE" CONTESTANT ADDS A LITTLE FLAVOR TO SATURDAY'S TASTE OF ACWORTH FESTIVAL.
ZACH SEABAUGH PERFORMED TO THE DELIGHT OF EVERYBODY SAMPLING FOODS FROM SOME OF THE CITY'S RESTAURANTS.
THE KENNESAW MOUNTAIN HIGH SCHOOL JUNIOR SANG FOR SOME OF MUSIC'S ELI AND TO MILLIONS OF PEOPLE ON THE SHOW THIS WEEK.
HE ADMITS TO GETTING A LITTLE NERVOUS PERFORMING ON A SMALL STAGE.
(ZACH SEBAUGH/"VOICE" CONTESTANT)
"Being able to see people freaks me out more than being under the stage lights and stuff, but just having the crowd's reaction back at home is awesome."
SEABAUGH WAS ONE OF MANY LOCAL ARTISTS ON STAGE.
HE WILL CONTINUE PERFORMING ON THE N-B-C TALENT SHOT NEXT WEEK.
GRATEFUL DEAD BASSIST PHIL LESH SAYS HE HAS BLADDER CANCER.
THE 75-YEAR-OLD ANNOUNCED HIS ILLNESS ON FACEBOOK ON FRIDAY.
HE GOT DIAGNOSED EARLIER THIS MONTH AND IS NOW GOING THROUGH EARLY TESTS AT THE MAYO CLINIC IN SCOTTSDALE, ARIZONA.
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