Voters threw him overboard, but he’s still making waves. The founder of popular Pirate’s Booty cheese puff snack who got clobbered in his longshot Long Island village mayoral bid claimed the tally was ...

Robert Ehrlich attempted to seize control of his coastal Long Island village on March 10, citing an obscure New York law as grounds for his takeover The founder of the snack brand Pirate's Booty ...

Robert Ehrlich, founder of the snack brand Pirate's Booty, launched a bizarre bid to take over the local government in his ...

Time to walk the plank! The founder of popular Pirate’s Booty cheese puff line got shellacked in Tuesday’s Sea Cliff mayoral election, losing to incumbent Elena Villafane 1,064 votes to just 62 — ...

Robert Ehrlich, who created Pirate’s Booty in 1987, has invoked an arcane New York state law called the Citizen Empowerment Act to create a “new” village within Sea Cliff, which is located within the ...

Robert Ehrlich was “falsely asserting his authority as mayor, demanding access to office space, and declaring that the entire Village staff was fired,” said officials in Sea Cliff, New York.

A snack food magnate declared himself mayor of the Village of Sea Cliff, on Long Island. The voters said otherwise.

"It was supposed to be a simple, uncontested race," but the mayoral election earlier this week in Sea Cliff, New York, has ...

Robert Ehrlich walked into Sea Cliff Village Hall like he owned the place, falsely declaring himself mayor and trying to fire the entire staff, officials said. Days later, the Pirate's Booty founder ...

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Robert Ehrlich attempted to seize control of his coastal Long Island village on March 10, citing an obscure New York law as grounds for his takeover Inc Village of Sea Cliff/Facebook The founder ...

Try that in a small town. The founder of beloved cheese-puff brand Pirate’s Booty claims to be the mayor of a newly formed Long Island town-within-a-town in a “legal” maneuver that is being ...