Sen. Barack Obama’s proscription on accepting money from lobbyists might have been disappointing to some in the industry, but not to those who base their lobbying on the strength of their arguments and on good strategy — not on money.

OAK PARK -- Oak Park School Board members will hold a special meeting tonight to discuss the possible mismanagement of funds by financial officer Maria Bolen.

A roundup of opinion and information from local blogs• Read previous weeks.• Subscribe to the feed (Atom).This (very) extended edition of Blog 5 samples some of the comments Northeast Ohio bloggers are making about the presidential election. Reflectin

Earlier today, BoomTown broke the stunning-for-blogs news that ContentNext, owner of the popular online digital media news site paidContent, was being bought by the Guardian Media Group for about $30 million in an earn-out acquisition.

The Pittsburgh Penguins were unable to complete the sweep of the Philadelphia Flyers on Thursday night. GAME 5 at 3:08 p.m. Sunday on WPXI, followed by post-game show. INSIDE: Bill Phillips, Rich Walsh's Blogs Penguins Section