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 him 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 who did just that all for the story when caught on camera: a hard day s work continues. [ doctor ] and in a clinical trial versus lipitor,
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 featuring ben and maxwell. 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. 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
the reforms i m proposing what do barack obama, george w. bush, and bill clinton all have in common? bill, this is a tenner 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. 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 actually find it interesting, stimulating, challenging. we re here today and when a local television station films him struggling to talk over a relentless heckler,
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 actually find it interesting, stimulating, challenging. 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. 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 politics closely and takes them to task. especially konop, who austin says, 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 run 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