A local group led by former Grand Traverse County Administrator K. Ross Childs has contacted the parent company of the Record-Eagle, hoping to force changes in the paper's "attitude." Childs and his group are upset about the Record-Eagle's aggressive reporting of a number of local controversies.

According to this article in the Traverse City Business News, Childs wants the Record-Eagle's parent company to force changes at the paper, and says: “What happens next depends on their response. We laid out four scenarios. The first would be a change in their reporting method—and a change in the attitude of the existing people or change of the people. Then there are alternatives ‘b, c, and d,’ which we really don’t want to talk about.”

Childs was a prominent supporter of the recently failed parking deck proposal in Traverse City. The Record-Eagle broke the story of State Senator Jason Allen's involvement in steering the deck contract to a political supporter.

See our editorial on the subject of Childs' campaign here.