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

[KIVPossum]

Skinny dipping and wandering around your campsite nude is a time honored tradition in the south.

[KansasWrangler]

And elsewhere. The whole point of going camping is to get back to nature and get away from the uptight. F*ck the person who complained.

[Hempy]

Especially by Republicans?

[BlackWidowPilot]

"The party of conservative Christian family values:"

http://www.armchairsubversive.org

It's the "gift" that just keeps on giving...

Yeeeach.

Leland R. Erickson

Citizen

[Coinyer101]

If ya wanna run around the woods nekkid, yer better off coming to Arkeysaws. It is the 'Natural' State........,[watch out fer seedticks].......,

[ZimboChick]

hp dont post pro v ocat ive stories if u do nt want us to comment! Again re[publicansaresexuallyrepressed

[graceland9]

No, come on. Is his name REALLY Mu$$elwhi1te? Is it really?

[ZimboChick]

lol

[FACTS4All]

Now, my friends there is nothing to lament about it as it is the natural life style of every Republicans Party members both Leaders and activists. Had Bush and Cheney stayed in power or the Republican Party comes to power any time in future then we all citizen will not have to worry about any clothing’s. The Congressional Representatives will formulate law to the effect that it is optional to wear clothes. Hey! Wouldn’t it be a great fun? Three cheers to the EX-Mayor of Republican Party for being nude.

[roudy]

From the looks of what is going on in congress, the republicans are still in power, some just changed their title to moderate or blue dog democrat.

[roudy]

these republican need to learn to stop running around with their c.h.e.n.e.y hanging out. Gets them in trouble every time!

[graceland9]

*giggle*

[demrepub]

much better than doing nothing sitting on their obamas.

[Coinyer101]

lol. @ both comments.......,

[hopefulnana]

LOL!!

[SteveDenver]

This is hilarious. Was he drunk or high?

[Coinyer101]

He was republican.......,

[DavidDial]

Hey man, lighten up. We all know the reputation Republicans have earned for themselves by being sanctimonious pricks and there is no doubt that it is deserved. Don't try horning in on their holier than thou routine when one finally does something that would indicate they aren't all anal retentive.

[ming099]

....which seems to be worse than either......

[listentome]

Another crazyass republican. What else is new?

[freethinkergirl]

Just didn't want to have to look at his.

[MisterHands]

From Officer Brandon C. Walls, police report.

"I told him that he couldn't do things like that here, it was a public place and children and other campers were present, and people had seen him. He said, he didn't think it was a problem"

PDF link for full police report.
http://www.accessnorthga.com/detail.php?n=221394

Republican Mark Musselwhite's Mugshot

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

[mick7191]

Isn't this why they created the State of Indiana?

[NewArtz]

God should never have given us skin, since it seems to scare the Bejesus out of us when we are confronted with too much of it.

Did God make a mistake, or are we all perverted?

Maybe those who can't handle nudity should wear one of those burkahs, and sew up the opening for the eyes.

[talkingdog]

Wow it occurs to me that a coworker told me the other day that up there on the Apalachain trail there's a whole nudie thing that goes on.

So you might be hiking along and suddenly there's a barrage of nude hikers going on by.

It's enough to scare the bears!

[Shozen]

I remember growing up and seeing the semi-nude photos of native peoples of the tropical areas. I was told they were "primitives" who didn't know any better. The church and society taught that "primitives" engage in unrestrained fortification resulting in hoards of little brown and black children who will one day "swamp" civilization if they weren't controlled.

What a crock! Modesty rules have more to do with maintaining privileged male power over women and other men than reducing sexual desire between potential actors. As obviously shown by the Burkas forced upon women in the Middle East.

The "easily shocked" need to get their heads out of the gutter. Being nude in the wilderness is not a sign of sexual deviation. It might not be prudent given the potential for bug bites or poison ivy, but ti's not a sign of sexual deviation.

"What about the children?" the easily shocked always ask Well children will point and giggle and five minutes later be back on their Wii's playing the latest video game. Neither harmed nor offended.

[MisterHands]

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

[ReasonableBill]

Tell him to put some clothes on and drop the case. Too many people, too much time on theor hands. So he was nude i the forest.
Those reporting the incident are the people that take showers with their clothes on.