When a small-town mailman wins a city council seat in a write-in campaign, he uses his postal-route positivity to clean up local politics whether the town wants it or not.

SYNOPSIS:

SERIES SYNOPSIS – Civic Duty

In the sun-drenched, oddball town of Cactus Gulch, Arizona, relentlessly optimistic mailman Frank Weaver becomes an unlikely local hero when a joke write-in campaign accidentally lands him a seat on the city council. Suddenly surrounded by petty politics, zoning laws, and feuding interest groups. Frank brings his mail-route charm and small-town heart to every meeting,whether the town wants it or not.

With the help of his sharp-tongued girlfriend Angela and the endlessly sarcastic town clerk Rosey, Frank stumbles his way through ordinances, uproarious town drama, and emotional succulents, trying to make Cactus Gulch just a little kinder, greener, and more neighborly.

Each 30-minute episode follows Frank tackling a new civic issue from leaf blower bans to chili cook-off diplomacy, proving that government might actually work. if you add muffins and optimism.

PILOT EPISODE SYNOPSIS – The Write-In.

When long-winded Councilman Bob dies mid-rant about birdbath regulations, his open seat prompts jokes across town including from Frank, who casually tells neighbors to write him in. He’s stunned to learn he’s actually won… with 11 votes.

Frank reluctantly accepts his new role, only to propose his first idea turning a run-down mini-golf course into a community garden. The motion passes, until sarcastic clerk Rosey reveals the land is zoned, for amusement-only.

Discouraged, Frank nearly quits until a child’s heartfelt thank-you note reignites his resolve. With Angela’s help and a surprising loophole in the zoning code, Frank saves the garden by declaring it a temporary heat-resilience initiative.The town begrudgingly approves it. The episode ends with Frank planting the first succulent beside a jackalope statue , officially in office and completely in over his head.

CIVIC DUTY