WHEATLAND - Will she stay, or will she go?

The Platte County Commission voted unanimously on Thursday to accept County Attorney Mary Eikenberry's resignation, submitted last week.

Eikenberry says the commission can't accept her resignation because she'd written a second letter withdrawing her resignation.

Eikenberry also said she'd show up for work, as usual, this morning. Meanwhile, the commission already asked Eikenberry's attorney to have her remove her personal items from the county attorney's office, and the locks were changed Thursday afternoon.

Immediately after accepting Eikenberry's resignation, the commission hired Eikenberry's former deputy, Tillie Routh, to handle prosecutions until a new county attorney takes office.

So what happens if they both show up?

"We'll cross that bridge when we get to it," said David Evans, the Cheyenne attorney who's advising the commission.

It's the latest act in a drama that's consumed the Platte County Commission since early April.

Eikenberry defeated incumbent Eric Alden in last summer's Republican primary, then ran unopposed in the general election. But her office and her performance have been the subject of controversy almost since she took office in January.

Critics have complained that Eikenberry has dismissed dozens of criminal cases in the four months she's been in office, and at least one formal complaint has been filed against Eikenberry based on one of those case dismissals.

Her supporters say she's been undermined since she took the job and hasn't been given a chance to settle in to the office.