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Frank K. Nethken was the mayor of Cumberland, Maryland from 1978 to 1982. His tenure as Mayor marked a period locally and nationally where hyperinflation occurred. Nethken would be the last Mayor where poverty was small unlike now. Towards the end of his tenure factories in the city and near the surrounding began to lay off workers or eliminated position altogether. When Nethken would be the last Mayor where the big name retailers of the local and national level still operated business. Also the last 1.5 years during his tenure that a regional shopping mall would be built outside of Cumberland. The city of Cumberland unsuccessfully sued the builders of that mall for monopoly of retail in violation of anti-trust laws. In 1982 Frank Nethken was defeated and a few short days after his term was over the Country Club Mall opened. Since 1982 very little retail moved into downtown. Since 1982 Cumberland has seen nothing more than bad. Its population after 1982 saw big decreases until 2010 when it grew by less than 100 for the first time since 1950. Nethken would be the last Mayor where the baby boomers would graduate and ended up in worst economy shape then those from earlier than 1982.
Cumberland is a city in and the county seat of Allegany County, Maryland, United States. It is the primary city of the Cumberland, MD-WV Metropolitan Statistical Area. At the 2010 census, the city had a population of 20,859, and the metropolitan area had a population of 103,299. Located on the Potomac River, Cumberland is a regional business and commercial center for Western Maryland and the Potomac Highlands of West Virginia.
In economics, hyperinflation is very high and typically accelerating inflation. It quickly erodes the real value of the local currency, as the prices of all goods increase. This causes people to minimize their holdings in that currency as they usually switch to more stable foreign currencies, often the US Dollar. Prices typically remain stable in terms of other relatively stable currencies.
Country Club Mall is a shopping mall located in La Vale, Maryland, a suburb of Cumberland, Maryland in Allegany County, Maryland. The mall has 60 retail units, as well as 7 vendor stands on the main concourse. The largest retailers in the mall are Walmart, Sears, and JCPenney. Also located in the Country Club Mall is the Country Club Mall 8 Cinemas, the largest movie theatre in Allegany County. The mall is managed by Gumberg Asset Management Corp.
Nethken was a two-time Candidate for Congress for Maryland's 6th congressional district in 1990 and in 1992, losing both times in the Primaries of those years. He ran for a United States Senate seat in Maryland in 1994, but dropped out before the 1994 primary due to family problems. He ran for mayor again in 2006 but came in 3rd place in the November general election. After losing as mayor in 1982, he also ran for County Commissioner and City Council but lost in those races as well in unknown years.
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Maryland's 6th congressional district elects a representative to the United States House of Representatives from the northwest part of the state. Today the district comprises all of Garrett, Allegany, and Washington counties as well as portions of Montgomery and Frederick counties. The seat is currently represented by David Trone (D).
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On July 24, 2007, Nethken filled to run for Congress at the Federal Election Commission in Washington, DC and the Maryland State Board of Elections in Annapolis against Roscoe Bartlett in the 2008 Primary Election. This was his 3rd time running for Congress.
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However, on September 7, 2007 Frank Nethken announced he had dropped out of the Congressional Race and planned on moving to Arizona. He also announced that he is running for President of the United States of America. [1] [2]
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