{"id":519,"date":"2021-05-01T11:01:07","date_gmt":"2021-05-01T18:01:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newsmolo.com\/EDC\/2019\/?p=519"},"modified":"2021-05-01T11:01:07","modified_gmt":"2021-05-01T18:01:07","slug":"placerville-is-keeping-the-nickname-hangtown-after-removing-a-noose-from-its-logo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.newsmolo.com\/EDC\/2019\/2021\/05\/01\/placerville-is-keeping-the-nickname-hangtown-after-removing-a-noose-from-its-logo\/","title":{"rendered":"Placerville is keeping the nickname \u2018Hangtown\u2019 after removing a noose from its logo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>PLACERVILLE, CA, (LILA SEIDMAN) &#8211; Two weeks after the City of Placerville opted <a class=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/california\/story\/2021-04-13\/placerville-debates-dropping-noose-from-city-logo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">to nix a noose depicted on its city logo<\/a>, officials affirmed that the area\u2019s Gold Rush-era name, \u201cHangtown,\u201d won\u2019t be going anywhere.<\/p>\n<p>City Council members voted unanimously to recognize that \u201cOld Hangtown\u201d and \u201cOld Dry Diggins,\u201d another moniker tied to the majority-white town\u2019s mining past, are historically significant.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=jDWNNiv5_R4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The decision arrives<\/a>\u00a0amid continuing acrimony over how to present the area\u2019s Wild West origins. Three nooses were recently found hanging in the city, including two that weren\u2019t removed because they were on private property and did not rise to the level of a crime, according to Placerville police.<\/p>\n<p>Mayor Dennis Thomas said he and Councilman Michael Saragosa brought the item forward this week in light of confusion after the unanimous vote on April 13 to scrub the noose from the town\u2019s logo &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/california\/story\/2021-04-30\/placerville-is-keeping-the-nickname-hangtown-after-dropping-a-noose-from-its-logo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">READ MORE<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vice Mayor Kara Taylor, a strong proponent of losing the noose in the logo, supported the resolution, though she said it was done reluctantly.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":520,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[22],"tags":[],"featured_image_urls":{"full":["http:\/\/www.newsmolo.com\/EDC\/2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/InEDC-969.jpg",1200,630,false],"thumbnail":["http:\/\/www.newsmolo.com\/EDC\/2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/InEDC-969-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["http:\/\/www.newsmolo.com\/EDC\/2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/InEDC-969-300x158.jpg",300,158,true],"medium_large":["http:\/\/www.newsmolo.com\/EDC\/2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/InEDC-969-768x403.jpg",640,336,true],"large":["http:\/\/www.newsmolo.com\/EDC\/2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/InEDC-969-1024x538.jpg",640,336,true],"1536x1536":["http:\/\/www.newsmolo.com\/EDC\/2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/InEDC-969.jpg",1200,630,false],"2048x2048":["http:\/\/www.newsmolo.com\/EDC\/2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/InEDC-969.jpg",1200,630,false],"darknews-slider-full":["http:\/\/www.newsmolo.com\/EDC\/2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/InEDC-969.jpg",1200,630,false],"darknews-featured":["http:\/\/www.newsmolo.com\/EDC\/2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/InEDC-969-1024x538.jpg",1024,538,true],"darknews-medium":["http:\/\/www.newsmolo.com\/EDC\/2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/InEDC-969-720x530.jpg",720,530,true],"darknews-medium-square":["http:\/\/www.newsmolo.com\/EDC\/2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/InEDC-969-350x350.jpg",350,350,true]},"author_info":{"display_name":"L. 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