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 concerning the dissolvement of native governments.
Based on Ehrlich, the New York Authorities Reorganization and Citizen Empowerment Act permits residents to utterly substitute the present authorities with one other. Nonetheless, the legislation requires assist from 10% of registered voters to dissolve the federal government, in response to 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 stated in an announcement.
After an hour of hostility, police intervened and Ehrlich ultimately 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 executed sufficient to ship companies in a well timed method and revive native enterprise.
