OSCEOLA COUNTY PROPERTY APPRAISER ARRESTED

Osceola County Property Appraiser Robert "Bob" Day was booked into the County Jail at Kissimee the morning of May 17 on charges of campaign fraud.

Day became property appraiser in 1983, when he was appointed to fill an unexpired term. He has bee undefeated in quadrennial election campaigns since his appointment.

Although State Attorney Lawson Lamar has not yet announced the charges against Day, it appears that the Property Appraiser will be accused of having county employees work on his campaign and work at his house on county time.


The property appraiser's office in Kissimmee was closed on May 17, the day of the arrest. Sheriff's investigators and agents of the Florida Department of Law Enforcement were inside with employees.

A press release indicates that the State Attorney is scheduled to release the results of an FDLE investigation of Day.

Let's add as number eleven to our list of top reasons why we should be satisfied with an appointed Property Appraiser in Miami-Dade County: eliminates risk of campaign violations!
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Daniel A. Weiss is a former Attorney Special Master for the Miami-Dade County Value Adjustment Board. Mr. Weiss now represents commercial, institutional charitable, commercial, high-end residential, agricultural and municipal taxpayers at VAB proceedings throughout the State of Florida. Mr. Weiss handles both valuation and legal claims.

Mr. Weiss has over 25 years property tax experience. Mr. Weiss represented the Miami-Dade County taxing authorities in litigation and appeals between 1981 and 1995 as a Miami-Dade Assistant County Attorney and has since represented taxpayers in property tax matters.

In Florida Trend magazine’s “Legal Elite” issue, July 2004, Mr. Weiss was selected by his peers as one of the top 30 government lawyers in the State of Florida.

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