sentences:  He became active in government in 1983, when he was hired to be the assistant deputy county clerk in the office of the Monroe County Legislature's Republican majority.He worked on Republican campaigns, most notably those of Congressman Fred J. Eckert and County Executive Lucien Morin.In 1988, he moved to a position in the county's community development administration and formed a campaign committee in 1989 to elect Republicans to the County Legislature.