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

[SparkyAdams]

OMG! Someone was spotted bare & naked at their campsite!

Call in the National Guard!

Arrest him and throw away the key!

WON'T ANYONE STOP TO THINK OF THE CHILDREN!?!

[DK in MS]

He was arrested just for walking around nude? Hey, I hate republicans as much as the next guy, but I'm not sure that I think he should be arrested or even criticized for that.

Now if he was doing something lewd then I would feel different, but just being nude is not enough - especially if he had just finished swimming somewhere. It is natural, it is normal.

Quit legislating morality.

[captainigor]

WORD!!!

[dengal]

as jon stewrart so eloquently said "a conservative mind with a liberal peepee"

[hidenout]

that was pretty funny.

[Kevin Callahan]

Hey, I guess that the Republicans just need to get away from all the "family values" for a while and just let it all hang out!

[ztck5356]

OK ya'll. Down thar in the south, skinnydipping is a rite of passage!

[Liberal2]

Family Values!!!! Sanctity of Marriage!!!!!! Morality? Ethics??????

RETHUGS? Bwahahahah­ahahahahah­ahah

[Wiseronenow]

And, just chucking and jiving sittin round nakid. The Rethug way.

[Douglas90723]

give the poor guy a break...he was just trying to be transparent. don't we all want the government to reveal everything?

[DAE]

Love the name. Obviously wanted a tan.

[blah2 0]

lol!!

[Punkynsnow]

Too funny!

[desertdweller]

Maybe Boehner should try a little au-naturale instead of QT.

[blah2 0]

Wow, Some Republicans are losing it!

[Okieborn]

The Repubs. are coming out in droves !! LOL !!!

[tahoegal]

Aw, come on! Just another sexually repressed Repub acting out....isn­'t it a common enough occurence for you people yet? Those So. politicians just want to have fun....

[MASTER-BLASTER]

Obama has put pressure on these rethugs.

They are starting to show cracks.

maybe he was looking for the nude nature hike that the SC gov was to be on?

[kjfraser]

Mark, nobody wants to see that.