Cheryl Stransky says she "reached her tipping point" during the last legislative session. A Democrat, Stransky is challenging Rep. Vito Barbieri, R-Dalton Gardens, for his District 2 seat in the Idaho House because she says Barbieri has "strayed too far from the mainstream." "North Idaho is sacred ground for me. This is where my two children were born and raised. This is where I had my career. This is my home," Stransky said. A Dalton Gardens resident since 1985, Stransky said her openness to new information, organized thinking and the fact that she is "not controlled by a restrictive ideology," make her the best candidate. Her main priorities, she said, are economics and education, and that the two are inextricably intertwined/Maureen Dolan, Coeur d'Alene Press. More here.

Question: Have you had your fill of Vito, too?