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Served in the Nevada Assembly for eight terms & on the Clark County Commission for one term. His political career was cut short when he was convicted of accepting bribes from a LA architect. He served in the Merchant Marines where he earned the nickname of -sailor. 

The story of James Ryan who started out as Stanley Zawatski, ran away from an orphanage, and ended in Las Vegas, NV. After working on the Hoover Dam, he became a powerful Clark County Commissioner that was convicted of taking a bribe for a re-zoning vote. 

A politically motivated move that still has unanswered questions. 

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