This is spot on. I believed then, and to this day, that TK had a lot of influence at the time, and TK couldn't go more than two sentences without saying something disparaging about Ortiz. Side note: I'm pretty sure "Arias" is his patrilineal last name, "Ortiz" his matrilineal. He simply chose to drop the patrilineal, somewhat uncommon for Hispanic cultures that use this naming convention, but not unheard of.