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Meanwhile, government is still "trying to solve the problem" — perhaps because it is not listening. When consultant Robert Marbut delivered his report to another joint city- county commission meeting on Nov. 25, City Commissioner Willie Shaw called for a motion to postpone any decision on a new shelter until a public hearing could be held. His motion failed, 3-2, with Shaw and Commissioner Susan Chapman in the minority. It was not until Jan. 21 — the day after the annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day observance — that Shaw would strike a con- versation with his own commission about the operation of a homeless shelter. By then work was already under way to consider three sep- arate sites for the proposed shelter — two within the city and one just across the city- county line. Homeless consultant Robert Marbut was hired by the City and County of Sarasota last year to offer suggestions for helping the community's homeless. Photo by Roger Drouin Majs. Ethan and Sue Frizzell were welcomed to the Sarasota Salvation Army headquarters last year. Photo courtesy Salvation Army Sarasota News Leader January 31, 2014 Page 38