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

[gfs5541]

That's something you don't see everyday: A Nudist Republican ;)

[ywcachieve]

The Repubs do all kinds of lewd stuff. They are just hypocritical about it.

[jcole]

I guest he said let it all hang out, i am the mayor and can do what the hell i want to do.

[weatherwaxx]

Judging by his face, I DO NOT want to see the rest.

[Josh Popichak]

Typical Southern Republican hypocrite. "Do as I say, not as I do, y'all." I hope he gets the maximum punishment for his attempt at a tan line-free bod...

[jcole]

The man must have been on drugs or drunk, i keep looking for the family values.

[notyouraveragebear]

"The Republican was elected..."

on a Family Values ticket, no doubt.

[MisterHands]

You can count on that... they all do.

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

[zanzig]

Really, your Puritan forebears are showing. I continue to be amazed by the prurient dismay shown in America over things like this and "wardrobe malfunctions" etc. How terribly repressed. The man was sitting at his campsite, presumably in an isolated spot; how was this offensive. Some Mary Whitehouse type obviously went looking to be offended.

[jcole]

Be for real, a public park, what if your daughter had come upon this man in the need and she is only ten years old, would that be fine.

[lazercat2008]

Musclewhite says it all.

[Woggles]

Yeah. I have to agree with most here. There is nothing wrong with walking around your own house property naked so long as others can't see you, or a nude beach maybe, but it is definitely not ok for an adult to walk around naked in front of families, and make parents cover their kids eyes, etc.

Not cool at all.

[quad1200]

Its a favorite past time in Georgia for parents to take their kids to these places. So, please enough of its only nudity. Young boys and naked Repub, not a good mix.

[Reinaldokool]

Except in a repressed culture, the nudity would not be a problem. The real issues in the police report were his being publicly intoxicated in the park and being belligerent to the law enforcement officer.

Nudism is not sexuality. There is no good reason to "shelter" our children from nudity. On the other hand, I sure don't want my children to learn that it's okay to be drunk and to be belligerent to an officer.

As Beatrice Tanner said "Does it matter . . .what they do as long as they don't frighten the horses."

[notyouraveragebear]

Young boys and naked Repub, not a good mix.

Do you consider young girls and naked Repubs a good mix?

[weatherwaxx]

Oh, it's OK for this knucklehead to wave his magic wand at young girls?

FYI, the majority of child molesting is committed by straight men against little girls.

This jerk... WHAT is going on with Republicans these days?

[callings]

the problem was with the prominent and excessive use of zinc oxide. White Snake goes GOP. Ah, the family values party comes out- literally- again. and again. whee!

[quad1200]

Let's hope he's not married, there is an unidentified woman mentioned in the report. Geez, enough already repub. We need a break.

[deadcustodian]

The country will not be safe until every Republican is sedated and under the care of a mental health professional.

[youknowwhat]

He he he. We may run out of mental health physicians if all of the repubs start checking in.

[NCRedhead]

We wouldn't have any mental care facilities for him in NC. Repubs drastically cut out funding for mental facilities when they were in control of our legislature nearly 10 years ago....we're still reeling from that great "cost savings."

[Bitsko]

LOL

[quad1200]

The problem is not with nudity. Its with all the children who are usually at these places camping with their parents. What parents wants their child around a strange naked drunk adult male. Duh.

[MrBurlesk]

Yes. More kids should be left AT HOME, Thank You.

[Koreboomer]

Hey, it was hot out.

[scottowego]

yaaa. I was workin on my tan!

[weatherwaxx]

He's a John Boehner wannabee..

[MarkInEugene]

Only in America .... what next impeachment hearings?

[MisterHands]

So many in support of exposing themselves to children in public parks, interesting.

[amdezurik]

and there goes the straw-man crapola. if you can't be honest then just shut-up

[MisterHands]

Straw-man? Honesty?

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." "

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

[MisterHands]

It's not surprising to see Republicans come out in support of drunk, nude man- exposing himself to children in a public park.

[amdezurik]

just because you have deep "issues" with your own body does not mean everyone else has to. you are sounding very like an Ameritaliban

[Bitsko]

Chill out, mac. The guy was naked in a public space, for cryin' out loud.

[MisterHands]

And just because you want to expose yourself to children on a playground, doesn't make it right. It makes you a Republican.

[Biyobi]

Ahhh... The GOP... Don't ya' just love the sanctimonious morally indignant holier-than-thou "Family" "Values" "Party"?

Hypocrites.

[scottowego]

If we were a Scandinavian country this wouldn't be a problem. They go nude all the time in parks and stuff. Nude hiking, nude swimming, nude sunbathing. They celebrate the human body. We uptight Americans are afraid of it and think it's something dirty and needs to be hidden. It's so unhealthy!!!!!