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Pirate's Booty Founder Walked into His City Hall and Declared Himself the New Mayor. Then Residents Took It to a Vote
N.Y., village of Sea Cliff, where he recently threw the local government into chaos with a bizarre proclamation. Joined by three supporters on March 10, Ehrlich walked into Village Hall and attempted ...
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Sea Cliff board appoints volunteer positions, provides village update
Mayor Elena Villafane, Trustees Mark Sobel and James Versocki appointed to Village of Sea Cliff board, alongside dozens of ...
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Rob Ehrlich declares himself Sea Cliff’s new mayor, attempts to fire village staff
Ehrlich and three other men arrived at village hall on Monday ... said Ehrlich in a video posted on Thursday, March 13, in a Sea Cliff resident Facebook group. Ehrlich said he is the “most ...
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Sea Cliff Mayor Elena Villafane reelected over write-in candidate Robert Ehrlich
The results capped a turbulent stretch that saw the Nassau County Police Department respond to a tense scene at Sea Cliff Village Hall last week after Ehrlich, according to officials, entered the ...
New York Post28d
Pirate’s Booty founder declares himself mayor of small Long Island village using obscure state law
The legal chicanery came to a dramatic crescendo at a Sea Cliff village town hall meeting earlier this week, where Ehrlich declared his authority to village officials who were outraged and ...
Pirate’s Booty founder gets clobbered in Long Island village’s mayoral election — despite assertion he was the ‘winner’
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 — ...
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Pirate’s Booty founder stages mutiny, loses Long Island mayoral election
On March 10, officials say Ehrlich and three supporters stormed into Sea Cliff Village Hall in Nassau County, declared himself mayor and attempted to fire all village staff, citing an obscure ...
The New York Times23d
Hold My Snacks: Pirate’s Booty Founder Attempts a Seaside Coup
It all started last Monday, when Robert Ehrlich, the founder of Pirate’s Booty Snacks, marched into the Village Hall in Sea Cliff (pop. 5,000) and announced that he was now the mayor.
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A snack-down for local mayor inspired by Trump
In a story widely munched on by news and social media, Robert Ehrlich, founder of the company that makes Pirate’s Booty snacks, recently showed up with three other men at Sea Cliff Village Hall ...
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'Pirate's Booty' founder Robert Ehrlich declares himself mayor ahead of vote in Long Island village
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 ...
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Pirate's Booty Founder Walked into His City Hall and Declared Himself the New Mayor. Then Residents Took It to a Vote
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 ...