All the AOL Patch local news sites across the country have put out the call for bloggers to post on their community's site: original stuff or reposted from your own or another blog. It's kind of like Huffington Post model — no editing and no pay — but without the patina of being selective (about who's chosen to blog), the potential for big readership or the liberal identity. Here's the pitch at Brentwood's site.
Edited post