SENATOR BILL STOUFFER OF SALINE COUNTY SAYS WHAT STARTED OUT THIS WEEK AS A FIGHT BETWEEN SENATE DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS OVER GUBERNATORIAL APPOINTMENTS,. BY THE END OF THE WEEK HAD A DIFFERENT FLAVOR..
   STOUFFER SAYS  IT IS MORE A FIGHT BETWEEN THE LEGISLATIVE BRANCH TRYING TO RETAIN ITS POWER [STOO1]:40)
  AS TO THE  APPOINTMENT OF AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR FOR THE STATE, STOUFFER SAYS THE MAN THE GOVERNOR WANTED WAS  BRIGHT, BUT HAD NO EXPERIENCE, AND  WITH SOME EXPERIENCE UNDER HIS BELT COULD  POSSIBLY DO A GOOD JOB  IN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.