There are two types of public hearings, legislative and quasi-judicial, and it is important to understand the distinction between them. 1  Legislative public hearings. The purpose of a legislative public hearing is to obtain public input on legislative decisions on matters of policy. Legislative public hearings are required by state law when a city or county addresses such matters as comprehensive land use plans or the annual or biennial budget.
when it comes to the yam a bit of confusion the truth is what you ve been calling a yam is most likely a sweet potato even more it s possible that you ve never even tasted a yam that sweet orange colored root vegetable that you love so dearly is actually a sweet potato yes all so called yams are in fact sweet potatoes most people think that long red skinned sweet potatoes are yams but they really are just one of many varieties of sweet potatoes
the yams known to north america are really sweet potatoes like ordinary potatoes sweet potatoes are in the tuber family true yams are from tropical and subtropical regions of the world and tend to be larger in size and whiter in flesh than the yams known and loved throughout the united states true yams contain more starch and less sugar than sweet potatoes and they must be cooked before eaten yams have been around for centuries in places such as china and japan however only in times of harsh famine have the people taken to digging them up and eating them