Herschell Ostrepeller’s Election Campaign…

Alan J. Schwarz
6 min readSep 19, 2021

Running a wine and cannabis store gave Herschell Ostrepeller a great sense of satisfaction. Most of his customers attended the local University and now that Marijuana and Cannabis-based edibles were legal, Herschell was proud that he could serve them in a professional and responsible way.

His store ‘’Mary Jane & Crushed Grapes’’ was considered a very cool location by students and his business was steady and growing. It was ironic because Herschell never smoked weed, and there was only three wines he drank, Manischewitz, Mogan David and Rashi. There were sweet sacramental wines that were used for his Friday Night Kiddush's.

Herschell was doing well and enjoying life when Moishe Tinnif showed up on the scene. Moishe had a reputation as an angles shooter. He was always looking to make a quick buck and some of his projects had completely flamed out, leaving investors in the cold.

It was a Tuesday morning and Herschell was enjoying a delicious coconut coffee when Moishe walked in. ‘’Hi Hersch, I’m here with some good news. It’s actually life changing news. There’s going to be a city election and a bunch of people want you to run for Mayor.’’ Herschell almost fell over laughing, he had no civic involvement and the last thing he wanted to do was get involved in politics.

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Alan J. Schwarz

Alan Schwarz loves life. He is the founder of JAMS Productions, a television production company based in Toronto . His passion is writing.