One of Atlanta's Congressional representatives, David Scott, has been named one of the 22 most corrupt members of Congress.
The watchdog group Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington accuses Scott of evading more than $170,000 in state and federal taxes.
The list puts Scott in the company of other names that more frequently come up in discussions of questionable ethics.
Names like William Jefferson, the Louisiana democrat whose refrigerator was found to contain 90 thousand dollars... and Ted Stevens, an Arkansas Republican accused of accepting bribes from an oil company.
Bill Bozarth of Common Cause Georgia says Scott's alleged transgressions pale by comparison:
“As I compare what they're saying about him to what some other folks are, in my mind as an ethics watchdog, Congressman Scott is not being accused of things that are as serious as many of the people on the list.”
Bozarth says the watchdog group behind the list appears to be legitimately non-partisan.
A spokesman from Scott's Washington office called the accusations "blatantly inaccurate and untrue," and says further examination of Scott's financial records will show that the Congressman owes nothing in federal or state taxes.
