Cubans own more than one out of every three retail businesses in the city. and have created 6.000 new ones. Miamis shift from a sagging touristbased seasonal economy to a solid yearround one is partly their doing. Cubans control 30% of all new construction there. and are building Floridas biggest office building. Four of the citys bank presidencies are held by Cubans. and 36 vicepresidencies. "Economically." says Dade County Mayor Stephen Clark. "the Cuban community is the best thing that ever happened to Miami." Socially. the Immigrants have been accepted. Now. they are beginning to flex their muscles politically. Miami Mayor David Kennedy predicts that Miami will have a Cuban Mayor by 1975.
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