EB Herz is a young man with great ambition but isn't sure where to place it. He tries being a newspaperman, then a tavern owner, then an investor but none of it seemws right — none of it seemed like a match for his abilities and his dreams. But when his friend and mentor Franz Denken suggests he run for town mayor, young EB has a transformative realization that where he really wants to put his talents, abilities, and ambition ... is in the care of his community.