Apparently, nobody's seen fit to drop her obviously needless case (the only case that's needed here being one where Ms. Kreck is the plaintiff, after all). And the city, McCain campaign and Secret Service are still contradicting each other.

This, my friends, is why we have courts.

Ticketed McCain protester pleads not guilty

Carol Kreck, who was cited for trespassing while holding a sign outside Sen. John McCain's town-hall meeting in Denver on July 7, pleaded not guilty today in Denver County Court.

The librarian and former Denver Post reporter was removed from the galleria at the Denver Performing Arts Complex while holding a sign handed to her by a protest group that read "McCain = Bush."

The area that Kreck was standing in is not a public space and that is why she was cited for trespassing.

A videotape of the incident shows a security guard telling Kreck to leave and saying that the U.S. Secret Service had asked him to remove her.

Later, a spokeswoman for the complex said the security guard was mistaken, that the Secret Service had nothing to do with it; McCain's campaign staff had asked that people holding signs be removed from the galleria.

McCain's campaign spokesman, Tom Kise, has said that is not true, that the senator has a track record of allowing opposing views at his public events and that the campaign only asked people inside the town-hall meeting not to hold signs of any kind...

Kreck said she is surprised by the attention her case has received, but she wants her day in court to find out who wanted her removed.

The article says her October 1st court date may be pushed back, but I've also heard people would like for it to, you know, go ahead as scheduled, timing being valuable. In the national interest and all. Pretty sure I agree.

See also:

• Another rocky swing through Colorado for John McCain
• McCain=Bush: cue the circular finger-pointing
• McCain=Bush: Support Free Speech, Get the Shirt
• "McCain=Bush" - worst fears confirmed
• Conservative Rocky Mountain News editorial board: Kreck's rights violated
• Video: MSNBC's Countdown reports on Carol Kreck
• Release: First Amendment Rights Violated by McCain Campaign
• Librarian carrying McCain=Bush sign kicked out of McCain Event