Mark Musselwhite: Former Georgia Mayor Arrested For Nudity

CLAYTON, Ga. — Naked time got a little too public for a former Georgia mayor.

Authorities arrested Mark Musselwhite and charged him with public indecency last weekend after state Department of Natural Resources officers found him sitting nude at his Rabun County campsite.

Officers had received a complaint about a naked man walking along a nearby road earlier in the day, but the 43-year-old Musselwhite said he was not the same man. Musselwhite told the DNR officer he had been swimming in a nearby creek.

The Republican was elected to the Gainesville City Council in 2000, where he served for six years, including a stint as mayor. He lost a bid for a state Senate seat in 2006.

Musselwhite could not be reached for comment by The Associated Press on Saturday.

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Information from: The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, http://www.ajc.com

Comments

[research]

12:00 PM on 06/29/2009

But War Criminals go free.

We have no morality.

[myersms]

11:45 AM on 06/29/2009

Well maybe its not so bad after all he's kinda cute.

[beth0214]

10:10 AM on 06/29/2009

Oops-"rich, conservative Republican" is redundant, isn't it. Sorry!

While I have to admit to gleeful schadenfreude at the downfall of "Family Values" pols, I am sick and tired of our country's Puritan attitudes on nudity.

[beth0214]

09:11 AM on 06/29/2009

I live in Gainesville, GA and it is a bastion of rich, conservative Republicans. Conservative to the point of just plain backwardness. It is also considered the CHicken Capitol of the world...

[LeftLeanWing]

08:36 AM on 06/29/2009

Who Wants to See
A GOP Wee Wee ?

[AnnArky]

10:50 AM on 06/29/2009

I think it's called a GOPee Wee

[BeefJerky]

10:59 AM on 06/29/2009

Rim Shot!

[mykebee]

05:53 AM on 06/29/2009

Come to think about this whole thing, we need more nude Republicans. After all there is no doubt as to whether or not you're carrying a weapon when you're naked.

[totaldisbelief]

09:42 AM on 06/29/2009

and they can't stuff their pockets either.

[mykebee]

05:45 AM on 06/29/2009

Nudity certainly is not a crime. By any measure we are not naked anywhere near enough. To believe we need to support and somehow endorse a society and government that punishes nudity would be in and of itself a sin.

[yellowdoggie]

08:23 AM on 06/29/2009

Keep your nude self away from me, thanks.

[huzzah]

02:30 AM on 06/29/2009

I swear, I leave town one day and our former mayor's getting arrested the next!

[thats2much]

01:09 AM on 06/29/2009

just skanky! love those family values

[BunnyMama]

11:28 PM on 06/28/2009

I wonder if his mussel is white.

[SeeJaneRunning]

11:00 PM on 06/28/2009

Mayors in obscure towns get caught doing this kind of bs all the time, but just because this one has an "(R)" after his name, the huf.fnuts get all giddy about it.

[MisterHands]

12:50 AM on 06/29/2009

If you want to raise your child around drunk, Republican men exposing themselves to children in public parks-- move to Utah.

Republican Mark Musselwhite's Mugshot

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_GGAmzDRA_BY/SkWqnhfiG-I/AAAAAAAAGoM/37E_miZ154s/s1600-h/mark%2Bmusselwhite.jpg

[NotStarvingArtist]

02:59 AM on 06/29/2009

Or perhaps it is because it is part of a trend that makes it newsworthy.

[BPCentrisAmerican]

09:09 PM on 06/28/2009

Musselwhite, kinky. Tomorrow Rush will claim Obama drove him to distraction.

[judiNJ]

08:40 PM on 06/28/2009

Of course, of course, another Republican.... what is WITH these guys?

[chensamabindicka]

09:04 PM on 06/28/2009

Liberal media made him do it. In his car police found a copy of the movie "Free Willy." It had a song on it by Michael Jackson.

[mjeffn]

08:36 PM on 06/28/2009

That it is a Republican, makes it funny, but as an outdoor lover I can't do anything but defend it. On the other hand, maybe he is one who wrote the ordinance against wilderness nudity. Then it just serves him right.

[baseballmom]

08:18 PM on 06/28/2009

Come on, there are far worse things than skinnydipping and sitting in your campsite naked. Especially on National Hike Naked Day.

[JTCan]

09:59 PM on 06/28/2009

Rep or not...hardly anything to be upset about......some folks are so uptight.

[NotStarvingArtist]

03:04 AM on 06/29/2009

It was at a campsite that was apparently not private property. I certainly wouldn't want my young children to inadvertently stumble upon a man sitting naked in a public park. I would fear for their safety. There are laws against public nudity for a reason. You may think it is being uptight, but most parents would think it is being protective of their innocent children.