Pirate booted out: popcorn mogul’s coup in New York village falls flat

Pirate's Booty Snacks founder Robert Ehrlich claimed to be tiny Long Island community's mayor - voters disagreed

The popcorn mogul who founded Pirate's Booty Snacks tried to commandeer a New York village's local government, storming this minuscule municipality's office armed with a false statement claiming that he was mayor.

Robert Ehrlich strode into the town hall of Sea Cliff, a village of fewer than 5,000 residents within the larger town of Oyster Bay on Long Island, with all the finesse of a literal pirate on 10 March.