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job. you know, i'm not running for politics. i think i'm doing a great job sitting on my porch, relaxing. >> do you want us to move? >> eventually, the heckler forces conup and his campaign staffers to change location. >> we just ended up moving down the block and doing our thing and going on with the day and not thinking a whole lot about it until obviously the video became viral, as they say. >> you know, it's six degrees of separation in america, or maybe even the world. you know, you've got a friend in california. you e-mail it over to them. they're going to spread it to all their friends in california who might have a friend somewhere else and i think it's pretty much what happened. >> if you've seen this video, then you're one of tens of thousands around the globe. >> it wasn't what i was really wanting to talk about and frankly, really wasn't what the community probably should have been talking about, but, you know, i could see it. it was a big story. >> liar. >> it's a big story that dovetails with another big story, the beer summit president obama holds at the white house 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 conup and maxwell austin.
>> 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. that's politics. >> maxwell austin is a toledo resident who follows politicians closely and takes them to task, especially conup who he said broke a pledge of ethics not to run for mayor. >> he says 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 say, okay, you know what, i'm going to run for mayor. >> this is an important issue. >> austin is not happy when he sees coniff campaigning literally at his front door. >> i was sitting on my porch one morning. people showed up. someone approached me to let me know who was going to be coming, and would i want to put on a t-shirt and come down there and join. i let him know what i thought and told them no. >> conup'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 conup launches into his talking points about faulty water lines, austin makes his voice heard. >> run for mayor somewhere else. i seized my opportunity to boo
obama holds at the white house 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 conup and maxwell austin. >> ben, 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 facing young people in the city facing downtown toledo, which he also had some interest in. so we found some common ground. it's a very productive evening for me, at least. i hope it wasn't too bad for you. >> nope, not at all. i got a free beer out of it. >> got a free beer. >> i would be willing to move past our heckling incident and try to get him involved in some way constructively for the community. >> but austin prefers to do his opining from the sidelines and doesn't see politics in his future. >> have i ever thought about
>> we're here today -- >> and when a local television station films him struggling to 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 ray for mayor in hopes of becoming a youtube star. that's politics. >> maxwell austin is a toledo resident who follows politicians closely and takes them to task, especially conup who he said broke a pledge of ethics not to run for mayor. >> he says 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 say, okay, you know what, i'm going to run for mayor. >> this is an important issue. >> austin is not happy when he sees coniff campaigning literally at his front door. >> i was sitting on my porch one morning. people showed up. someone approached me to let me know who was going to be coming, and would i want to put on a t-shirt and come down there and join.
>> boo! >> and when a local television station films him struggling to 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. that's politics. >> maxwell austin is a toledo resident who follows politicians closely and takes them to task, especially conup who he said 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 say, you know what, i'm going to run for mayor. >> this is an important issue. i want to be able to actually communicate it with people. >> austin is not happy when he sees him campaigning literally at his front door. >> i was sitting on my porch one morning. people showed up. someone approached me to let me
it was a big story. >> liar. >> it's a big story that dovetails with another big story, the beer summit president obama holds at the white house 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 conup 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 facing young people in the city, facing downtown toledo, which he also had some interest in. so we found some common ground. >> it's a very productive evening for me at least. i hope it wasn't too bad for you. >> nope, not at all. i got a free beer out of it. >> got a free beer. >> i would be willing to move past our heckling incident and try to get him involved in some way constructively for the community.
story, the beer summit president obama holds at the white house 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 conup and maxwell austin. >> ben. >> 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 piece offering. >> we had our beer. we talked about the city, talked about some of the issues facing young people in the city, facing downtown toledo, which he also had some interest in. so we found some common ground. >> it's a very productive evening for me at least. i hope it wasn't too bad for you. >> nope, not at all. i got a free beer out of it. >> got a free beer. >> i would be willing to move past our heckling incident and try and get him involved in some way constructively for the
station films him struggling to 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 politicians closely and takes them to task, especially conup who he said 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 say, you know what, i'm going to run for mayor. >> thus because this is an important issue. i want to be able to communicate it to people. >> austin is not happy when he sees him campaigning literally at his front door. >> i was sitting on my porch one morning. people showed up. someone approached me to let me know who was going to be coming, and would i want to put on a t-shirt and come down there and
i'm going to keep going. >> okay. well, it wasn't what i signed up for. i didn't enter this ray for mayor in hopes of becoming a youtube star. that's politics. >> maxwell austin is a toledo resident who follows politics closely and takes them to task. 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 say, you know what, i'm going to run for mayor. >> this is an important issue. >> austin is not happy when he sees him campaigning literally at his front door. >> i was sitting on my porch one morning. people showed up. someone approached me to let me know who was going to be coming, and would i want to put on a t-shirt and come dunn and join. i let him know what i thought and told them no. >> his staff updates him on the situation. >> i think there was some indication that there was a guy