Maggie Brooks, a Republican, was elected as the ["Monroe County" Monroe County] Executive in 2003.

Brooks leveraged her name recognition in Rochester as a television journalist for ["WHEC TV-10" News 10 NBC], for her political career.

She served in the ["Monroe County Legislature" Monroe County Legislature] before becoming Monroe County Clerk. She served as County Clerk until her election as County Executive. She is the first woman to hold this position.

In February ["2007"], Brooks threatened to remove funding from the ["Central Library" Rochester Central Library System]. This action followed from a report on Internet pornography that aired on local affiliate ["WHEC TV-10" News 10 NBC], Brooks' former employer.

||[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maggie_Brooks Maggie Brooks on Wikipedia]||
||[http://www.monroecounty.gov/executive-index.php Monroe County Executive Page]||
||[http://www.monroegop.com/county/ Monroe County Republican Committee]||

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