Tag: Garland Gates

Shelby school board stalls after parents & pastors call for change back to biological restrooms

SHELBY — School Superintendent Tim Tarvin told a boisterous crowd last night’s board meeting had the largest attendance in over a decade. After the district gave no public notification they were allowing transgender students into opposite sex restrooms, several recent incidents occurred generating outrage. In response, over one-hundred area clergy

Shelby approves marijuana ban as councilman unsure where he stands

SHELBY– Two ordinances prohibiting the cultivation, processing, and dispensing of marijuana for medical purposes inside city limits easily passed by a 4-1 margin at the January 7th Shelby City Council meeting. The lone dissenter, Third Ward Councilman Garland Gates, was originally one of the five sponsors supporting the two measures.