Pirate’s Booty founder Robert Ehrlich tried a mutiny in a tiny Lengthy Island village shortly earlier than shedding his marketing campaign for mayor, native officers confirmed.
On March 10, officers say Ehrlich and three supporters stormed into Sea Cliff Village Corridor in Nassau County, declared himself mayor and tried to fireplace all village workers, citing an obscure state legislation relating to the dissolvement of native governments.
In keeping with Ehrlich, the New York Authorities Reorganization and Citizen Empowerment Act permits residents to utterly change the present authorities with one other. Nevertheless, the legislation requires assist from 10% of registered voters to dissolve the federal government, in keeping with the Lengthy Island Herald.
“Ehrlich and his associates raised their voices, used profane language, made outlandish claims and engaged in direct harassment of Village personnel,” Sea Cliff mentioned in a press release.
After an hour of hostility, police intervened and Ehrlich finally left the constructing.
“No, I’m mayor now. Why do I have to wait two years?” he advised the outlet. “I am mayor at this moment. I can write an executive order.”
Ehrlich has claimed that present officers haven’t achieved sufficient to ship providers in a well timed method and revive native enterprise.
