History was made Sunday in Montgomery County as former Trotwood Mayor Mary McDonald was sworn in as the first African American on the county Board of Commissioners.
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News Center 7′s Taylor Robertson recounts the event LIVE on News Center 7 at 11.
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Commissioner McDonald has big hopes for her new role. She said she plans on being out in the community, talking to people face-to-face about improving the place they live.
Elder Belinda Mitchel spoke at the swearing in, talking about McDonald’s connection to Trotwood.
“I served 18 years in the city. We went through some tough times here in the City of Trotwood, many people said we couldn’t do it and we weren’t going to make it,” McDonald said. “I’m five generations of self-employed people, we never got rich but guess what? We’ve worked.”