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Xavier Suarez is a candidate for City of Miami Mayor.

Every once in a while, someone suggests that I am too old, at 76, to run for mayor. I am tempted to quote Ronald Reagan when he was running for a second term as president and the age issue was broached by an opponent. His now famous quip went something like this: “I am determined not to let age be an issue in this election; I will refrain to refer to my opponent’s youth and inexperience….”

Put conversely, my 40 years of political experience reveal a track record that is not possessed by any of the mayoral candidates.

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My voice in the public arena has been important for about 40 years and very important at crucial moments. One of those was 1989 when Miami could have

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