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 ...

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 ...

Bags of Pirate's Booty are seen on September 17, 2009 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Matthew Simmons/WireImage) Matthew Simmons via Getty Images At 9:44 on the morning of Monday ...

Ehrlich — whose Pirate's Booty brand is now owned by The Hershey Company — allegedly grew confrontational when Sea Cliff staffers refused to comply, requiring police to intervene. "Village ...

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.

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

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

The founder of the popular Pirate’s Booty popcorn brand lost his bid for mayor and lost his cool on the citizens of a small town in Long Island, N.Y. Robert Ehrlich was running for mayor of Sea ...

He’s trying to pillage the village. The creator of popular cheese-buff brand Pirate’s Booty is staging an “attempted coup” of a Long Island village — as residents speculate he’s trying ...

Pirate’s Booty founder Robert Ehrlich attempted a mutiny in a tiny Long Island village shortly before losing his campaign for mayor, local officials confirmed. On March 10, officials say Ehrlich ...