Lexey Swall/Staff Anna Davis, right, sits outside with her daughter, Alica, 6, at St. Matthew's House on Tuesday in Naples. The pair have been staying at the homeless shelter for the past three weeks. In an attempt to circumvent a possible moratorium on building homeless shelters in Bonita Springs, St. Matthew's House on Monday afternoon filed documents with the city for a new facility it hopes to break ground on within the next year. In a full page ad that ran Tuesday in the Naples Daily news, the board of directors addressed an open letter to Collier and south Lee County residents, accusing the shelter's opponents of being 'vocal, angry, driven by blind fear and largely uninformed...'

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Lexey Swall/Staff Anna Davis, right, sits outside with her daughter, Alica, 6, at St. Matthew's House on Tuesday in Naples. The pair have been staying at the homeless shelter for the past three weeks. In an attempt to circumvent a possible moratorium on building homeless shelters in Bonita Springs, St. Matthew's House on Monday afternoon filed documents with the city for a new facility it hopes to break ground on within the next year. In a full page ad that ran Tuesday in the Naples Daily news, the board of directors addressed an open letter to Collier and south Lee County residents, accusing the shelter's opponents of being "vocal, angry, driven by blind fear and largely uninformed..."

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