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Lee N. Fiedler (born November 8, 1941) is the former mayor of Cumberland, Maryland. During the early 1990s Lee Fiedler was the president and CEO of The Kelly Springfield Tire Company, a company that manufactured tires for about two dozen private brand marketers—including giants such as Sears, Wal-Mart, Discount Tire and Big O Tires. In 1999, Fiedler retired from Kelly-Springsfield Tire at age 57 after Goodyear decided to move the operation to Akron, Ohio from Cumberland. The following year Fiedler was elected Mayor, replacing Ed Athey in the non-partisan, part-time position. In 2001, Lee Fielder was inducted into the Tire Industry Association Hall of Fame. Mayor Fiedler also teaches business part-time at Frostburg State University. On July 6, 2010 Lee Fiedler decided to not run for re-election ending 10 years of serving as Mayor. [1] Fiedler has endorsed Democratic Mayor-elect Brian Grim.
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.
Discount Tire Company is a tire and wheel retailer, headquartered in Scottsdale, Arizona. Discount Tire is known as America's Tire in regions of California.
Big O Tires, LLC. is one of North America's largest retail tire franchisors with more than 450 independently-owned and operated locations primarily located in the Western and Midwestern United States. It is headquartered in Palm Beach Gardens, FL and is a wholly owned subsidiary of TBC Corporation.
