A Sonoran Truth Guest Editorial Opinion, August 15, 2011
In his “editorial” of Aug. 14, 2013 poor Don Sorchych is again routinely incensed. This time it’s Phil Haldiman of the Arizona Republic whom he calls stooge for Adam Trenk. And to stay in character, he labels the article a “downright lie”. He likes to call people liars. He does it in almost every issue of his newspaper.
Predictably, he calls it a lie that Haldiman wrote he was due back in court for a debtor’s exam because of his refusal to pay $24,584.28 to FDS Collections for a judgment they owned by purchase. Now remember Sorchych refused to pay this judgment, even when he had a court order, for his share of the road maintenance clear back to 2002.
For 11 YEARS he refused to pay his share of expenses. Laughably, he now excoriates Haldiman because he says he paid it 3 DAYS before Aug. 9th. He’s incensed about 3 days and thinks Haldiman is a liar? He refused to pay for 11 YEARS!
Don is a true Deadbeat by any definition of the word. Don is a despicable man who is fond of criticizing others for their alleged shortcomings.
He even drags the honorable Vice Mayor Gilbert Lopez back into his column, proclaiming once again Lopez is a liar. Always the ego maniac, he says the “Sonoran News” hired the attorney. My what unadulterated bull baloney he comes up with! Sorchych is the Owner, Publisher, Editorial writer and micro manager of every article ever written by the Sonoran News. He IS the Sonoran News.
Sorchych changes sides faster than an Afghan tribesman changes turbans. When he was against Arpaio he sent his then-reporter Curtis Riggs on a mission to dog Arpaio day and night to get “dirt” on him. Sorchych even went downtown to listen to hours of recordings of Arpaio looking for something to nail him with.
He seems to have hated Arpaio with a passion and everyone that worked for him. I remember him calling Lt. Paul Chagolla a “piss ant” in his columns when he was the Cave Creek MCSO Commander. I was astonished at his treatment of Lt. Chagolla. I still wonder how he got by with that.
Now Joe Arpaio is his bosom buddy; if you would believe Sorchych. Like always he has an angle. Here it is: He lost his friend and contact at MCSO, Rich Burden, who chose to retire rather than be demoted.
We don’t know all the circumstances and reasons why he was demoted and then retired but, in my opinion, Lt. Burden used incredibly bad judgment in posting a YouTube video.
Just take a look at his YouTube posting where, as an MCSO Lieutenant, he makes a video in which he says he “drinks and then drives.” It’s all supposed to be funny. Maybe it is to him. Watch it here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=11eCAZDtgyk
Sorchych lost this pipeline to his MCSO friend and the Town Manager friend in rapid succession. No wonder he feels isolated. Welcome to being an ordinary citizen like the rest of us, Don.
One thing is clear. The tide has turned on him. Look at the number of people he has depicted in prison garb in the Sonoran News “cartoons”. The way it’s going, he just might be one of them someday.
Like Don used to say about the people he depicted in those cartoons, ‘Wouldn’t that be delightful!’