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RandySF

(73,046 posts)
Fri Mar 21, 2025, 12:34 PM Mar 21

Pirate's Booty founder stages Long Island mutiny, declares he's mayor and tries to fire village staff

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 government, officials said Thursday.

Elena Villafane, the incumbent mayor of Sea Cliff, defeated Pirate’s Booty Snacks founder Robert Ehrlich, 1,064-62, on Tuesday in the village, which is about 26 miles northeast of midtown Manhattan.

Villafane had been running unopposed for her third two-year term when Ehrlich jumped into the fray a week ago Monday.

That's when Ehrlich went to Village Hall and "presented a statement falsely asserting his authority as mayor, demanding access to office space, and declaring that the entire Village staff was fired effective immediately but could reapply for their jobs," the village said in a statement.




https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/pirates-booty-founder-stages-long-island-mutiny-declares-mayor-tries-f-rcna197308

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Pirate's Booty founder stages Long Island mutiny, declares he's mayor and tries to fire village staff (Original Post) RandySF Mar 21 OP
He's as nutty as Trump. boonecreek Mar 21 #1

boonecreek

(823 posts)
1. He's as nutty as Trump.
Fri Mar 21, 2025, 12:40 PM
Mar 21

And 62 people were goofy enough to vote for him. Seriously, this guy belongs in the rubber room.

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