It looks like the St. Pete Times plans to offer a community blog or forum. I found an unnamed page over here that seems to be aligned with the newspaper. There are “starter” posts, with suggested topics of discussion. They have drafted a site policy, and give their opinion on how the Sunshine Law may apply.
The working title seems to be “Your Times.”
It will be interesting to see where this goes.
Sticks of Fire: a Tampa blog » st. pete times forum
4 years ago
[...] Visitors to the St. Pete Times front page today will see a little tease for It’s Your Times. Readers of Sticks of Fire learned about the plans late last week, http://sticksoffire.com/2005/09/09/neighborhood-forum-in-the-works/ and readers of the St. Pete Times print edition will find out in an introductory story tomorrow. [...]