Maggie Brooks
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"Maggie A. Brooks" (born 1955) is a broadcasting personality and politician most notable for having served as the first female County Executive of Monroe County, New York.

Brooks graduated from Ithaca College with a degree in Political Science in 1977. Her first job out of college was as a general assignment reporter for WHAM (AM) in Rochester, New York. In 1980, she became an anchor television reporter for WHEC-TV and later moved into a reporter position. In 1994, she took a job as vice president of programming for Companion Radio in Penfield, New York.

In 1995, she began her political career by winning a seat on the Monroe County legislature, representing an election district centered on Irondequoit, New York. A year later, then-governor George Pataki appointed her county clerk to fill the vacancy left by the former clerk who resigned to head up the New York State Department of Motor Vehicles. Voters subsequently elected her to the clerkship in 1997 and reelected her in 2001.

In 2003, she successfully ran for Monroe County executive against then-city mayor William A. Johnson, Jr..

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It's not just families; they'll be people with chronic mental health, truly the neediest people.

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We talk about maintaining young professionals and keeping students in the community and getting students integrated in the community, this is one way we can do that.

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I think there would be some reimbursement, unclear what that reimbursement would be.

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You can put them on the job, and they'll get to work.

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Empty buildings are not always good in terms of public perception, but again Wegmans has been a good citizen, Wegmans has made a lot of investments in this community and I am sure that we will be able to work with them.

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We have to pay extra attention at this point, as we move forward, too make sure that we are providing good value to the taxpayers who actually fund all of these vehicles and pay for all the gas that we use.

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It shows that we have a highly skilled work force that really is a draw to prospective employers.

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