Frank K. Nethken

Who is Frank K. Nethken?

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.