A Sonoran Truth Editorial Opinion
November 18, 2014
What motivated Sorchych to do a complete 180 degree stance on development after years of denigrating, demeaning, rabidly and viciously attacking any and every development in and around Cave Creek? Why is he now a staunch advocate of Cahava Springs? Let’s take a look, connect the dots and follow the money.
In the June 8, 2011 issue of his paper Sorchych touted Cahava Springs “as the most environmentally sensitive major development project in metro Phoenix, and the largest project in the Town of Cave Creek, Cahava Springs appears to be back on track.”
At the next Town Council meeting, the Town Council voted on June, 2011 to pave Morning Star.
On Dec. 21, 2011 Sorchych had his friend Usama direct that a letter be written to all the owners along a private easement at the end of Morning Star pleading for a 60’ ROW that ended at Cahava Springs property. No one acceded to this request except Don Sorchych who did so and failed to tell the court the property was the subject of a lawsuit. For his fraud before the court, he was and his attorney Carol DeSzendeffy were court sanctioned in the thousands of dollars and she was put on probation for a year by Supreme Court of Arizona Bar Ethics Committee. The verdict was 8-0 by the panel.
A week later on Dec. 28th, the Town notified residents on Morning Star Rd that it would be paved and straightened, deliberately ignoring the Annexation agreement that prohibited paving Morning Star for 25 years!
A week after that on Jan. 4, 2012 Cahava Springs redeemed property along the private easement that was due to be foreclosed on by paying $15,191.20 to redeem their property sold for delinquent taxes.
Is this all coincidence? Why did Sorchych use his paper and his influence with the Town Manager to get all this done? Why all of a sudden is he pro-development? We think we know the answer and here it is:
A few years ago Sorchych was sued by his neighbor for not paying his half of the maintenance on the driveway. He lost big time but still wouldn’t pay. So the neighbor sold the judgment to FDS Financial who immediately took him to court in a debtors exam. Now if you don’t know, a debtors exam requires an individual to list every single asset he owns right down to his wrist watch. Sorchych couldn’t stand that because he knew his investments in Cahava Springs would then be public knowledge. He even said so in his paper…it was all about his assets. He paid immediately to keep his assets from being disclosed.
Sorchych will soon be 84 years old and he wants his money… now! A notoriously tight skinflint, he once viciously berated a resident that lived in a ramshackle trailer on his property for leaving on a 60W bulb at night so he could see if he was about to step on a rattlesnake at night. He is doing everything he can to make Cahava Springs a success so he can get it.
So how about it Don? How much do you have invested in Cahava Springs? And Mark Stapp, Cahava Springs director can tell us too. As they say….follow the money.
Man up and tell us!
editors@sonorantruth.com