He is an active member of the S-T Chamber of Commerce and works tirelessly to bring the community together. He’s one of the “Good Guys.” When his shop on Foothill was robbed at gun- point, he decided to try and mobilize the community into a Business Watch Group that would put video cameras in front of their businesses to deter criminal acts.
Nothing came of it. A nice person with no “real” leadership abilities. People like his ideas and then tend to ignore them. He is currently trying to rebuild the S-T Chamber of Commerce and give it a good name. Currently it is referred to as the Chamber Pot of Commerce." That is going to be an uphill battle as the chamber is known for its stupid Executive Board and the total disregard of member’s needs. Arnie has been trying to get people to join or at least pay their dues.
Arnie ran for president in the last Neighborhood Council election. And he was doing pretty well until one night his shop was raided by "all the cops in the world" and he was arrested for supposedly selling marijuana out of his Hookah Supply store. It is of interest that Nina Royal and Lilliana Sanchez were seen lurking in the back of Arnie's shop for about 30 minutes before the call went out to the police dept. about illegal drugs being sold and smoked in his shop. This was two days before the election. Even with the loss of his cell phone with all his contacts in it, he lost by only EIGHT votes. Once again, the haters won. 68