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Ask an Alameda city offi cial. It’s like they don’t know. Recent quotes we’ve heard from fellow residents that came out of city hall include: “The city doesn’t like museums,” or, “Neptune Beach was located at South Shore” showing a lack of respect for the city’s history.

We’ve noticed city-produced plaques recording incorrect dates for certain events. There’s confl icting signage at the Posey Tube entrance.

The city seems more than content to let the USS Hornet Museum and the Pacifi c Pinball Museum fl oat away to San Francisco, leave the Alameda Museum struggling to stay afl oat, and the Naval Air Museum to fend for itself.

Our opinion is that Alameda’s layers of history are part of the charm and currency of our unique community. Much like our editorial last week regarding the mouldering Carnegie Library and the city’s apparent commitment to historic preservation by tearing down a historic home during the city’s self-proclaimed historic preservation season, there appears to be an almost complete disregard for the meaning of our local history.

The contributions Alamedans have made to civilization include nothing less than an entire sea change in international commerce. No pun intended.

Local offi cials continue to subsume Alameda culture, belittling the accomplishments or potential contributions by local talent, local history and the arts. But who cares, right?