Michelle Longo, a parent from Staten Island, had questions she would have liked the mayor and other public officials to ponder.
Last month's discovery already has Cuba watchers here and officials there pondering potential changes in relations with the United States.
When the race was discontinued after its 1995 running, officials of harness racing's Breeders Crown pondered how to keep attracting the best horses from Europe.
And officials at the White House and on Capitol Hill were already pondering how to deal with the long-range challenge.
High officials pondered it in Peking.
Joe Cardona knew why the official was pondering.
Elected officials, from Bill Clinton on down, are pondering an increase in cigarette taxes.
More than 100 senior and mid-level Sandinista officials are pondering that question this week.
Back in Israel, the officials pondered over how to distribute the "abandoned" houses, most of which went to individuals who had some political clout.
While local officials, planners, farmers and preservationists ponder what to do, development pressure builds and long-stalled subdivisions begin to stir.