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INDIANAPOLIS (WTHR) - A City-County Council committee is expected to appoint a new member to the Beech Grove Economic Development Commission on Monday.

His name: Mike Pence.

Seeing that, we had to ask at least a couple of questions.

At first, it was kind of hard to track him down. We eventually reached him.

Mike Pence agreed to meet us at a southside restaurant. He didn't have a driver, no security detail and the only media following his every step was us.

When he walked in and found a table, and not a single person recognized him. That doesnt stop people from calling him.

I get it all the time, Pence said said. It's amazing.

That's because his name really is Mike Pence. In fact, at 65, he's had the name longer than the former governor and now vice president.

When he became governor was the craziest because we were getting calls constantly on my company cell and my phone at home, Pence said.

Sometimes he'd get calls inviting him to speak at an event.

He doesn't know it, but I accepted a couple of dinner reservations for him.

But, he says, most of the time, people weren't too nice.

They don't even give you a chance, said Pence. Most were calling because they're mad at what he did.

That's why you get a this number is no longer in service message when you try to call him now.

This Mike Pence isn't related to the VP and has never met him, but he has a routine message ready for introductions.

I go I'm Mike Pence, not the governor, not the vice president, I just work for IPL and they all laugh.

The two Mikes do share other things in common. Both have run for office and won. This Mike served on the Beech Grove City council. He's also been very active in the community and, like the vice president, he is a Republican.

Yeah, I like him, Pence said. He has heck of a job in front of him to calm Trump down.

Pence says while it's definitely odd having the same name as a such a well-known figure, he's gotten used to it.

Doesn't bother me. It did when he first ran for governor, but it doesn't bother me anymore, Pence said. He has a job. I got a job. I don't want his.

And in case you're wondering, this Mike's wife is Debbie, not Karen.

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'Other' Mike Pence had to change his phone number - WTHR