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

[celloswiss]

I see. And the problem is/was?

[rich misty]

Republican hypocrisy

[surlyguvna]

Hold up, who was the female with him? Was she his wife, camp ground mistress, local Avon rep...who? Also, if she did go to the pokey to pick up he former mayor, wouldn't she had to sign in somewhere?
I think the Sunday morning political talk shows are going to lump him in with all the recent scandals.

[LintLass]

I mean, hey. Brief summary:

Far be it from me to suggest any Republican's swinging bits are getting too much fresh air, but....

[LintLass]

Well. How's your cleaning bill, these days, Mr. Emperor?

[ohmetoo]

LOL, Hey forgive them they know not what they do, they're so repressed!

[Travis bdboy]

Them Rethugs hanging their stuff around

[Gardawg]

Gainesville Georgia still has loads of Ku Klux Klan members and sympathizers

It's as backwards as they come.

[amdezurik]

and most of the members are the cops and their familes

[MadHeart]

It's another white enclave composed of country people and executives from Atlanta, actually; Rethugs, of course. Lake Lanier attracts those types. I live in a similar community in NC at Lake Norman, not my choice, actually, but I live with my son whose divorced wife picked it out.

[chacatre]

Wait. Stop the presses. You people couldn't get over telling everyone that what John Edwards did was fine. According to you, he's a private citizen. So is Mr. Musselwhite. HP. A site operated and loved by hypocrites.

[rich misty]

Was John Edwards arrested?

Did he go off naked hiking for a week and abandon his job? Did he fly out of the country on the taxpayer's dime for "sexual" business?

No. Republicans are the hypocrits.

[Gidster]

I could care less! Edwards lied to his wife, not his constituents, he ended his own career, Sanford cheated on his wife on taxpayer money.
This guy was nude in a public park........

No where near the same thing!

[LintLass]

Quick! Look over there!

[PDXTransplant]

You should notice that we are not partial here on HP, but it helps when its a Republican. Hee Hee.

[surlyguvna]

Difference here is that J. Edwards didn't wave his pickle in public...Mr. Musselwhite did - that is the difference here.

[surlyguvna]

What is going on here? Is this a race to see who can implode before anyone else...because that's what it looks like to me. Either that or politicians just don't care anymore?

[rich misty]

Republicans are wandering in the wilderness... Naked.

[Gidster]

lol....!

[Harry Tuttle]

Why don't the "Conservatives" just throw in the towel (literally and figuratively) and finally get in one big writhing mound of indiscriminate s.ex and n.udity. It would release so much pent-up tension that leads them to uncontrollable financial greed and 24/7 pursuits of war.

[iplaw]

Funny, in a childish waste of tax dollars sort of way.

[Bitsko]

Arresting a naked drunk at a public campsite is a waste of money?

[Ellyllon]

I guess that depends on the drunk. :)

[hey0there]

the police came out. They told him to put shorts on. he did.

why wasnt it enough.

[amdezurik]

pretty much yeah it is. and why are you tossing around drunk? that was not in the article above. who exactly was he hurting?

[LintLass]

I have to admit, if there was a naked man walking drunkenly down *my* street, if I called the cops, it would be because he was that *drunk,* probably lost, not because he was naked, but we're talking Georgia, here.

[Bitsko]

Saint Peter stood at the Pearly Gates of Heaven as three men stood in line waiting to enter. Saint Peter said to the first man in line, "Before I let you in, I have to ask you a question. What was your I.Q.?"

The man answered, "180." Saint Peter replied, "What were you? A rocket scientist?" "Yes, sir," the man answered. "Okay, go on in," said Saint Peter.

The next man came up to Saint Peter. Peter asked the same question of him. "160," replied the second man. "What were you, a brain surgeon?" Peter asked the man. "Yes, sir." He was allowed in, too.

The third man came forward and was asked the same question. "68," he replied. "Well," said Saint Peter. "How'd your camping trip go, Mayor Musselwhite?"

[LintLass]

in vino veritas. :)

[Bitsko]

Clink!

[ezrider]

I find all this comical.
It is hard to believe that these people can be so careless. Its like they think they are above the human race.

[LintLass]

Hey, the local news crew went and filmed the campsite, didn't mention the extra chair. Curious. :)

[hey0there]

yeah. I mean its in the police report and everything.

http://old.accessnorthga.com/banners/officialdocuments/Musselwhite.incrept.pdf

"mr musslewhite was accompanied by a female subject whose name is unknown at the time of the report".

but its better to leave it vague in the media reports like it was some brokeback cowboy incident i guess.

[LintLass]

That's by way of saying, just *how* did Republican pols ever get the impression they were above the very people they got elected demonizing?

[MajorKong]

You could get poison ivy in some really bad places.......

[rich misty]

This is what wandering in the wilderness means to Republicans.

[MisterHands]

lol.. check out the full report. Of course he resorted to t.hreats, like all Republicans.

http://www.accessnorthga.com/detail.php?n=221394

[tailgateshirts]

at least this guy was actually hiking in the woods!

[MisterHands]

Public road, woods-- whatever.

[Kathryn Maver]

The neocon follies continues!

[protagonia]

Dancing the "Can't-Can't"?