The Super Bowl XLI

It is time for Super Bowl XLI! The Indianapolis Colts and the Chicago Bears are invading Gator country for two weeks of unabashed football fever in South Florida.

Football and Florida are synonymous with each other. After all, the Florida Gators are NUMBER ONE!

But for the next two weeks the fans of the Bears and the Colts as well as several thousand, just plain football fans, will invade South Florida for the big game, parties, and well, more parties!

Although the Miami area has hosted the Super Bowl on eight other occasions, this is only the fourth time that Dolphin Stadium will be the site of the game. Five previous Super Bowl games were held at the Orange Bowl.

Dolphin Stadium has hosted about half of the Super Bowls played in the Miami area, and this facility has a storied history in South Florida sports that spans beyond the sport of football.

When it first opened in 1987, the structure was called Joe Robbie Stadium. Its original occupants were the Miami Dolphins. But, when the Miami area was awarded a Major League Baseball franchise, that team the Florida Marlins also played in this stadium.

In 1996, the stadium changed its name to Pro Player Stadium as a result of a sponsorship agreement with the sports division of the Fruit of the Loom company.

A decade later, in 2005, the stadium once again was the subject of a new naming process. In January of that year, the name Dolphin Stadium emerged.

Football fans visiting or living in the Gulf Coast area of the State of Florida, will discover that Dolphin Stadium, the home of Super Bowl XLI, is an easy drive. Just connect with I-75 southbound through the Fort Myers and Naples region of southwest Florida to I-595 to the Florida Turnpike South to the Honey Hill Road Stadium Exit.

After the kings of professional football have been crowned, and football fans are looking for a place to spend some time in the sun before heading back to the snow and ice of Chicago, Indianapolis and other northward points, I have some advice; head west and north to Englewood Florida. (Just follow the simple route listed above, only in reverse, and you will soon be in Florida's best retirement and vacation destination.)

• Florida Beaches: Once you arrive in Englewood you will be treated to the best Florida beaches that can be found in the Sunshine State. There's not just one, but four great beaches located within a few minutes from downtown Englewood.
• Golf: If you are looking for great golf courses to challenge your game, once again Englewood and the surrounding area boasts several great golf courses.
• When you have finished your round of golf or just hanging around at the beach, you can enjoy a fabulous feast at one of the many great eateries located on or near the water.
• Or, perhaps you want to catch your own dinner. The fishing is fantastic in the Englewood area. There are many great places to fish from shore. But, if more adventure is what you are looking for, there several fishing charter companies offering deep sea fishing expeditions.

Animal Wallpaper

Your media room can be an open invitation for a multitude of style options and color palettes, depending on your budget and individual taste preferences. An animal print theater in a media room is a unique idea that looks very modern and stylish, and it can easily make this room a focal room in your home. Here are some tips for creating such theater design, in no particular order:

1. Animal Print Furniture

There are literally hundreds of retailers worldwide who offer various types of furniture with faux animal prints, whether you are looking for a stylish reclining seat or great sectional sofa for your media room. To keep things in a theater perspective, consider a solid black leather theater seating option. It coordinates perfectly with print options such as carpeting or draperies, but does not overwhelm the room in prints.

If you want something with such a print, consider something more understated, such as a reptile skin look. This is a modern and stylish decorating style, but the room will focus on the theater and media systems and not on the furniture and furnishings. There are a variety of faux animal prints to choose from, with everything from alligator to zebra.

2. Basic Building Materials

Many modern and trendy design styles include faux animal prints on the floor, walls, and even the ceiling. Obviously, this is a case where less is more, and it is not a popular trend to add prints on every conceivable surface. Choosing one of the three basic building blocks - floor, walls, or ceiling - is the best option, and many different manufacturers make this possible.

For floors, consider a great animal print rug or carpet. They are very attractive and stylish, and having it on the floor lets the real focus stay where it belongs in your animal print theater in a media room-on the media equipment. For walls, a wallpaper or heavy drape with a print is easy to hang and functional. Ceilings can have the same option, animal print wallpaper, and this unconventional use of wallpaper is gaining popularity but can be tricky to achieve.

3. Accessories

The easiest and most cost-effective answer to your questions about how to design an animal print theater in a media room involves the right accessories. Whatever print you choose, whether it is leopard spots or zebra stripes, make sure that you accessorize in a manner that coordinates with the print. Multiple animal prints can lead to a chaotic, jungle-like feel in the room, taking away from the relaxing media environment.

Accessorize in solids, or match the animal to the print. For instance, if you are designing a zebra print theater in a media room, consider accessorizing in black and white with splashes of color. Then, add touches like a zebra statue or wall art that features a zebra's natural habitat. That way, your design style flows together to create a cohesive room with the focal point being your media center instead of your design style for maximum affect in the room.

Local Attorney Paul Ogden to Seek Republican Nomination as Marion County Superior Court Judge

Dear Family Friends, and Supporters,

Today I filed with the Secretary of State's Office to run for Marion County Superior Court judge in the May 2012 primary.

Growing up on a farm outside Madison, Indiana, I never thought my career path would lead to running for judge.  One of five sons of a factory worker/small time farmer and a secretary, I certainly learned the value of hard work and dedication.  There is nothing like stacking hay on a wagon in 95 degree heat to build a work ethic.

My brothers and I fortunately were the first generation in my family to have the chance to pursue education beyond high school.  For me that included a year at Hanover College followed by three at Ball State University.  At Ball State, I majored in political science and spent a semester interning in the Indiana State Senate.  After graduating from Ball State, I went to Indiana University School of Law-Indianapolis.  In law school, I served as editor of the school newspaper and president of the Student Bar Association.

After graduating from law school in 1987, I became a Deputy Attorney General, representing the then Indiana Department of Highways in eminent domain and employment matters.  The work experience though that most impacted me though was when I began clerking with Judge Buchanan on the Indiana Court of Appeals.  I spent 3 1/2 years at the Court doing legal research and writing draft legal opinions.  The experience of writing judicial opinions and having the late Judge Paul H. Buchanan as a mentor was a life-changing experience.

After leaving the Court, I worked on my own as well as at a couple law firms, including the minority- owned Roberts & Bishop, where I still have many friends today.  Along the way, I was general counsel for Midwest Title Insurance Company and led the development of a division regulating title insurance at the Indiana Department of Insurance.  I have seen about everything there is to see in my 24 years plus of practicing law.

I have also been very politically involved.  In 1986, I became a Republican precinct committeeman in Pike Township.  I have also served as a Vice Ward Chairman, a Ward Chairman, President of the Pike Township GOP Club and have worked on a number of campaigns as well as run for office myself.   I also have taught political science at both IUPUI and the University of Indianapolis.  When I haven't been busy doing that, I've also done some writing, winning the First Place Award for "Issues Writing" from the Indiana Society of Professional Journalists several years ago for an article I wrote on grading ISTEP exams that appeared in the Indianapolis Monthly.

While I believe wholeheartedly in my Marion County Republican Party, I am disappointed that the power and authority of grass roots party workers has been virtually eliminated in favor of party bosses calling the shots.  When I first started in 1986, party workers still had real influence and elected officials knew they had to stay in touch with those workers to be endorsed by the party.  Slating conventions featured numerous races that had had multiple candidates eagerly seeking out the support of party workers. 

A couple weeks ago, the Marion County GOP had a slating convention at which 16 of 17 races were uncontested.  The only contested race was for Superior Court Judge.  In that race, several Republican judicial candidates had withdrawn before slating with the exception of Judge Carol Orbison.  Judge Orbison said during her speech to the convention that she was told a committee of power brokers had met before slating and decided she should not run for re-election.  She did not heed that warning and was not slated, though she has filed to run in the primary.  The fact is, party leaders now appoint the vast majority of those who vote at slating, people who just to show up and vote the way leadership wants them to vote.  Candidates know party bosses have almost complete control over the endorsement process.

But when it comes to slating of judges, there is an additional problem.  It is a violation of the Code of Judicial Conduct to pay slating fees, according to a 1992 opinion by the Judicial Qualifications Commission.   The party chairmen claim that slating fees, which total at least $12,000, are "not mandatory."  Yet since that 1992 opinion there has never been a judge slated who hasn't paid the fee.  Retired judges all say the slating fee is mandatory.  Nobody is being fooled with the claim that slating fees for judges are "voluntary."

I refuse to pay a slating fee in violation of the Code of Judicial Conduct.  I also don't think party bosses, sitting in a room, should pick the Marion County judges.  Party workers and the party electorate should be the ones putting those judges on the court.

Although we have many fine judges in Marion County, the current system undermines the independence and impartiality of the judges.  As provided by the notes to the Code of Judicial Conduct, "judges and judicial candidates must, to the greatest extent possible, be free, and appear to be free, from political influence, and partisan interests."  When partisan issues come before the court, judges, faced with the possibility of not being slated next time, are under an enormous pressure to rule the "right way," i.e. the way the party bosses want them to rule.  No better example exists than the Peterson v. Borst case a few years ago  in which every Republican judge voted for the plan passed by the Republican majority to redistrict the Indianapolis council and every Democratic judge voted against it.

Judges should not be players beholden to one side or another.  They should be umpires with their decisions flowing from the constitutions, statutes and rules which judges are sworn to uphold.   Ours is not a system in which the laws should apply differently based on who is standing before the tribunal  Yet that sadly is too often the case.  I promise that as a judge everyone will stand before me with equal footing.  I do not care if one side is a big corporation represented by the most politically connected downtown law firm while the other side is a person too poor to afford an attorney.  The law is the law is the law.  If the law is with the pro se litigant, that person wins.  Period.

The question has been asked by many people what happens to my blog Ogden on Politics.  Having closely reviewed the Code of Judicial Conduct, I am aware that I am not permitted as a judicial candidate to make promises to support certain positions.  Also, I cannot as a candidate take positions on issues that may possibly be before me as judge. I can talk about judicial philosophy, ideas for operating the courts more efficiently, and others matters relating to judicial administration.  I can also talk about issues that are unlikely to come before me as a judge...but if they unexpectedly do, I need to, and will recuse, myself.

In short, I will continue my blog, but focus more on national issues and issues that are unlikely to be the sort that will land before the Marion County Superior Court.   The posts will be a bit rarer as I will be busy campaigning.

Thanks to all of you who have given me encouragement as I have written Ogden on Politics and who will give me encouragement as I move forward with this professional challenge.  I could not do it without you.

Sincerely,

Paul K. Ogden
Candidate for Marion County Superior Court Judge

Paid for and authorized by the Ogden for Judge Committee, Adam Lenkowsky, Chairman and Treasurer.

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Vote Lugar for Senator ... of Virginia

Is Lugar Claiming A False Residence on His Federal and State Tax Forms?

Senator Richard Lugar

Senator Richard Lugar lives full-time in Virginia and has no Indiana residence. Yet he obtained Indiana license plates on his car by filling out documents for the the Bureau of Motor Vehicles saying he lives at 3200 Highwoods Court, Indianapolis, a house he sold 35 years ago.  The BMV has tried to mail him correspondence at that address which is returned because, of course, Lugar doesn't actually live there.  Certified Fraud Examiner Greg Wright obtained all the information to confirm these facts.

So Lugar is willing to lie to the BMV saying he lives 3200 Highwoods Court residence. What other government agencies is he lying to?  How about the tax agencies?  Does Lugar pay Indiana income taxes?  If so, does he put down the 3200 Highwoods Court address?  Does he put down 3200 Highwoods Court on his Indiana tax form?  Does he put it on his federal tax form?  Does he not know those documents are signed under threat of perjury?

For the record, Virginia, where Lugar lives, has a top income tax rate of 5.75%.   Indiana has a flat income tax rate of 3.4%.  Not that that would be Lugar's motivation for reporting the 3200 Highwoods Court address on his tax returns.  That motivation appears to be nothing more than arrogance and a belief he is above the law everyone else has to follow.

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Fox News Reports Democrats Have Begun to Dig Into Expenses Associated with Lugar's Lack of Indiana Residence

Fox News reported on how Democrats have been digging into Sen. Richard Lugar's expense records.  It seems when you don't have a residence in the State, we taxpayers have to spend a lot of money on travel and putting the Senator up in hotel rooms:

Lugar Spokesman David Wilkie

..The Indiana Democratic party has combed through records going all the way back to Lugar's first year in the Senate, 1977.

The hundreds of pages of itemized travel expenses were passed along to Fox News. Among the findings offered by the party is that the six-term US Senator has spend almost $50,000 in travel expenses just visiting his home state.

The expenses are necessary, in part, because Lugar has no home in Indiana. The Indiana Senator lives in the Washington DC suburb of McLean, Virginia. So, virtually every time Lugar stays in Indiana there's an added cost."...

Another of the Indiana Democratic Party's findings puts a finer point on the issue. It says Lugar appears to have expensed 325 nights in Indiana over a 21-year period, from 1990 through 2011.

The suggestion is that Lugar's time in the state has been limited to less than a year over the course of two-plus decades. The Lugar campaign says that suggestion is completely false."(Senator Lugar) spends a quarter of the year, every year in the state," says campaign spokesman David Willkie.  Willkie notes from February 1st of 2011 and 2012, Lugar has spent 89-days in Indiana. And while Lugar is not "domiciled" in Indiana, he does own a farm in the state which he still manages....

The fact is we taxpayers put Sen. Lugar up in nice hotel rooms when he decides to come back to Indiana.   Willkie does not point to any other place Lugar stays while in Indiana.  Even Lugar has said he doesn't stay at the farm as it is "too rustic."  So Willkie's reference to that is nothing more than a disingenuous diversion.  If Lugar has spent more than 325 nights in Indiana over the last 21 years, Willkie he ought to be able to identify where the Senator was staying during that time.

It's shameful that we have a Senior Senator who "visits" Indiana instead of lives here.

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