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] because the library did not have a policy which prevented the use of the public internet computers to view pornography, despite that fact that many of the computers were in clear view of minors. This action followed from a report on Internet pornography that aired on local affiliate ["WHEC TV-10" News 10 NBC], Brooks' former employer.

On February 22, 2008, Brooks announced that the county would appeal an [http://www.courts.state.ny.us/ad4/court/Decisions/2008/02-01-08/PDF/1562.pdf Appellate Court decision] recognizing same-sex marriages performed in other jurisdictions under New York State marriage law.

||[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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