{"id":250467,"date":"2026-04-29T01:28:23","date_gmt":"2026-04-29T01:28:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/250467\/"},"modified":"2026-04-29T01:28:23","modified_gmt":"2026-04-29T01:28:23","slug":"kissimmee-commissioner-speaks-out-against-second-impeachment-filing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/250467\/","title":{"rendered":"Kissimmee commissioner speaks out against second impeachment filing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/01kdh202hbg5q4xf.jpg\" alt=\"Kissimmee commissioner faces second impeachment in one month\" class=\"sr-only\" data-v-4292be72=\"\"\/>  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox35orlando.com\/video\/fmc-2kh4zaur1b2fb076\" data-v-4292be72=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Kissimmee commissioner faces second impeachment in one month<\/a> <\/p>\n<p data-v-4292be72=\"\">A Kissimmee commissioner facing her second impeachment in one month is calling accusations against her &#8220;politically motivated&#8221; as elections draw nearer. Now, Janette Martinez claims the accusations of using her power to benefit a close friend are false.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-871f4c88=\"\">KISSIMMEE, Fla. &#8211; Kissimmee Commissioner Janette Martinez is facing a second impeachment complaint in just over a month.<\/p>\n<p data-v-871f4c88=\"\">Following the most recent accusations \u2013 alleging that Martinez used her position in leadership to help a family member \u2013 she denies the claims against her.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"WOFL\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-871f4c88=\"\">What we know:<\/p>\n<p data-v-871f4c88=\"\">Two <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox35orlando.com\/news\/kissimmee-mayor-commissioner-under-investigation-after-ethics-complaints\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">complaints<\/a> were filed against Kissimmee City Commissioner Jannette Martinez regarding a breach of the city&#8217;s code of ethics in the span of one month.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-871f4c88=\"\">Last week, the Kissimmee City Commission voted to request that the region&#8217;s Chief Judge appoint a special prosecutor to investigate Mayor Jackie Espinosa and Commissioner Janette Martinez.<\/p>\n<p data-v-871f4c88=\"\">Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox35orlando.com\/news\/kissimmee-mayor-commissioner-under-investigation-after-ethics-complaints\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Ethics complaint against Mayor Jackie Espinosa<\/a><\/p>\n<p data-v-871f4c88=\"\">The complaint alleges Commissioner Janette Martinez misused her power to benefit a &#8220;best friend&#8221; and business associate. The filing claims Martinez &#8220;threatened&#8221; city staff to push through a permit for a food truck at a location where Martinez\u2019s own food truck business, Coqui Kitchen, also operates.<\/p>\n<p> Martinez&#8217;s response <\/p>\n<p data-v-871f4c88=\"\">Martinez addressed the allegations during a press conference Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I am here to clear my name,&#8221; Martinez said. &#8220;The allegations made against me are false.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>She acknowledged speaking on the item during a city commission meeting but said she recused herself.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I recused myself just because, possibly in the future, my food truck would need a home,&#8221; Martinez said.<\/p>\n<p>Martinez claimed the situation was misinterpreted at a commission meeting and said the complaints are politically motivated, saying she&#8217;ll continue to fight the accusations.<\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"WOFL\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-871f4c88=\"\">What&#8217;s next:<\/p>\n<p data-v-871f4c88=\"\">A special prosecutor has been assigned to review both impeachment complaints against Martinez.<\/p>\n<p>The investigation could take up to 90 days.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"group-source-paragraph\" data-v-4fbf7207=\"\">The Source: Information in this story was gathered from FOX 35&#8217;s Alexus Cleavenger.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox35orlando.com\/tag\/us\/fl\/osceola-county\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-871f4c88=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Osceola County News<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Kissimmee commissioner faces second impeachment in one month A Kissimmee commissioner facing her second impeachment in one month&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":250468,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[47,115,139,141,140,1976,628],"class_list":["post-250467","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-orlando","tag-fl","tag-news","tag-orlando","tag-orlando-headlines","tag-orlando-news","tag-osceola-county","tag-us"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/250467","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=250467"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/250467\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/250468"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=250467"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=250467"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=250467"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}