{"id":1812,"date":"2022-07-22T15:11:03","date_gmt":"2022-07-22T22:11:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.inedc.com\/22\/?p=1812"},"modified":"2022-07-22T15:55:49","modified_gmt":"2022-07-22T22:55:49","slug":"1812","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.inedc.com\/22\/07\/22\/1812\/","title":{"rendered":"Placerville Councilman Dennis Thomas Rejects Naming Post Office after Murdered Deputy Brian Ishmael"},"content":{"rendered":"<pre>CBS13 &amp; Cris Alarcon<\/pre>\n<p>(PLACERVILLE, CALIFORNIA) July 22, 2022 \u2014 City of Placerville Council member Dennis said that paying respect to fallen El Dorado County Sheriff\u2019s Office Deputy Brian Ishmael by naming the post office after him isn\u2019t appropriate [&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p>Thomas was surprised to learn this is the building Congress Member Tom McClintock wants to be renamed in honor of fallen Deputy Ishmael. [&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p>In the council meeting seeking a city resolution approving the new name, Thomas spoke to a spokesperson for congressman McClintock, Kimberly Pruett, by phone.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis has nothing to do with the condition of the post office,\u201d Pruett said. \u201cSo I\u2019m a little surprised we are just now hearing about how terrible the post office is.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Thomas responded, \u201cI don\u2019t think they got the rubber stamp they were looking for.\u201d But, he continued, \u201cand I think it kind of set her back a little bit.\u201d [&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p>The council postponed their vote on supporting the renaming and plans to take it up again next month.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sacramento.cbslocal.com\/2022\/07\/20\/placerville-post-office-described-as-eye-sore-unfit-for-fallen-deputy-ishmael-renaming\/?utm_source=InEDC&amp;utm_medium=News&amp;utm_campaign=Placerville&amp;utm_content=Eyeballs-via-Placerville-Newswire\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">READ MORE at CBS13<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8212; Dennis Thomas &#8211; CEO of Robinsons Pharmacy, is husband of County Supervisor Wendy Thomas. Both have significant property holdings in The City of Placerville. A Title Search is being conducted to determine if any of those properties are located near the Post Office that Councilman Thomas describes as an &#8220;Eyesore.&#8221; &#8211; <em>Cris Alarcon, Placerville Newswire.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&#8212; Councilmember Thomas, it\u2019s only an honor if the building is no longer known as the city\u2019s eyesore. \u201cYou want to, you know, acknowledge the life given by one of our police officers by putting his name on this building, and to me, that\u2019s a no-go the way it looks,\u201d Thomas said. &#8220;Placerville Post Office Described as Eye-Sore, Unfit for Fallen Deputy Ishmael Renaming&#8221; &#8212; <em>CBS13<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Deputy Ishmael was killed in an ambush in 2019. He was a longtime resident of Placerville and served on the city\u2019s police force before joining the sheriff\u2019s office.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1813,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.inedc.com\/22\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1812"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.inedc.com\/22\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.inedc.com\/22\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.inedc.com\/22\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.inedc.com\/22\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1812"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/www.inedc.com\/22\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1812\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1817,"href":"http:\/\/www.inedc.com\/22\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1812\/revisions\/1817"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.inedc.com\/22\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1813"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.inedc.com\/22\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1812"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.inedc.com\/22\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1812"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.inedc.com\/22\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1812"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}