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Doesn't see politics in his future. >> have i ever thought about running for office? no. during the whole booing incident people said, you should run for mayor. you should run for mayor. i don't want to do that. >> as for ben, he loses the mayor's race, but he gains a thick skin. and he says, don't count me out yet. >> i still am a county commissioner, i'm still interested in giving back to the community and i think public service and politics is a great way to impact the future of toledo. >> coming up, would you ever volunteer to get tased? >> what about step into a lion's den? two reporters ...

T-shirt and come down and join them. i let him know what i thought and told them no. >> coniff's staff updates him on the situation. >> i think there was some indication that there was a guy there who was, you know, a bit ornery, but we decided to go forward with it. >> we have a situation in toledo. >> as coniff launches into his talking points about faulty waterline, austin makes his voice heard. >> run for mayor somewhere else. i seized my opportunity to boo him and call him a liar. >> liar. >> over and over. >> liar. >> and over. >> boo, boo, boo, liar, boo. >> this is really annoying. i w...

To mend fences between a cambridge, massachusetts, police officer and a harvard professor over a controversial arrest. >> and we decided to take a cue from the president. >> in that spirit a local toledo television station decides to organize a beer summit of its own featuring ben coniff and maxwell austin. >> good to see you. >> nice to finally meet you. >> i feel like a bond, you know what i mean. >> a little bit. yeah, yeah, yeah. >> here you go. >> we've had something. thank you very much. >> a peace offering. >> we had our beer. we talked about the city, talked about some of the issues fa...

The reforms i'm proposing -- >> what do barack obama, george w. bush, and bill clinton all have in common? >> bill this is the center of the aids epidemic! >> they've been heckled. >> and that's why i'm running for president, to do something about it. >> and politician ben coniff is proud to be in their company. >> it's a rite of passage. >> boo. boo. >> liar. >> we're here again -- >> it's not something that i anticipated. >> it all starts in march 2009 when lucas county commissioner ben coniff decides to run for mayor of toledo, ohio. >> i wanted to give something back. i enjoy politics. i a...

Talk over a relentless heckler, his hard day at work becomes a caught on camera sensation. >> are you done? >> no. i'm going to keep going. >> okay. all right. well, it wasn't what i signed up for. i didn't enter this race for mayor in hopes of becoming a youtube star. you know, that's politics. >> maxwell austin is a toledo resident who follows politics closely and takes them to task. especially coniff. he said he broke a pledge of ethics not to run for mayor. >> he said i plan to stay my term, i'm going to do what i'm going to do, not running for mayor, only a few weeks later to come out and...