MGM Resorts executive tapped for Nevada Taxicab Authority board
Bruce Aguilera, vice president and general counsel for MGM Resorts International’s Bellagio and Aria properties, has been named to the five-member Nevada Taxicab Authority board.
Aguilera, who was appointed by Gov. Brian Sandoval, will replace Joe Hardy Jr. Hardy announced at the board’s Thursday meeting that he is resigning to spend more time on his campaign for Clark County District Court judge in Department 24.
Aguilera, who has practiced law for 29 years, has served as chairman of the California-Nevada Super Speed Train Commission, a board formed in 1988 to build a 300 mph magnetic-levitation train between Anaheim, Calif., and Las Vegas.
Aguilera will join the board that sets policies for the regulation of Southern Nevada’s fleet of 3,000 taxicabs and 10,000 drivers.
Hardy was in his first term as a board member, joining it in 2011.
He finished second in a nonpartisan four-person race for the Department 24 District Court judge’s race and will be in a runoff election in November against Jim Crockett.
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