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 ...

"I'm interpreting the law any way I want, the way Trump would interpret laws as he sees fit," the snack magnate told a local ...

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

Robert Ehrlich was “falsely asserting his authority as mayor, demanding access to office space, and declaring that the entire ...

Robert Ehrlich, 66, founder of the popular Pirate's Booty snack, declared himself the winner of Sea Cliff's mayoral election ...

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 ...

Robert Ehrlich walked into Sea Cliff Village Hall like he owned the place, falsely declaring himself mayor and trying to fire ...

SEA CLIFF, New York (WABC) -- An unexpected and peculiar fight is playing out in this one-square-mile village on Long Island as the fight for the mayor's seat in the village of Sea Cliff comes to ...

Robert Ehrlich, the inventor of everyone’s favorite puffy, cheesy snack Pirate’s Booty, added to his lore this week. In addition to being an owner in Holiday Cocktail Lounge, the iconic East ...

Robert Ehrlich attempted to seize control of his ... of Sea Cliff/Facebook The founder of the snack brand Pirate's Booty attempted to seize control of his coastal village's government, only ...

Robert Ehrlich, 66, founder of the popular Pirate’s Booty snack, declared himself the winner of Sea Cliff’s mayoral election on Tuesday — just 30 minutes after the polls opened. James ...