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 ...

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

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

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 ...

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

The founder of Pirate’s Booty Snacks lost his chaotic bid for mayor of a tiny New York community after claiming that he was the village leader and had the authority to replace the entire local ...

Robert Ehrlich is a physicist at George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia. Learn and share the most exciting discoveries, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...