A second citizen’s complaint has been made against a Kissimmee city commissioner, alleging she failed to properly license her operation serving food at an existing establishment, and used her position on the dais to benefit a food who also serves food out of a food truck.
Citizen Jeremy Fetzer filed this complaint Thursday. It states the commissioner’s Coqui Kitchen operated out of Kenny’s Cakes on Dakin Street, owned by a friend, doing so without her own business receipts license and dine-in restaurant permit. The complaint also notes Martinez “communicated directly with an individual associated with” the business regarding the city’s Business Boost 2.0 program, which offered grants to businesses that were adversely affected by the COVID-19 pandemic response, and notarized the business’ grant application. (KMG Party Designer, the business name for the location, did receive a $10,000 grant.)
“This conduct has undermined public confidence in City governance, compromised the integrity of taxpayer-funded programs, created the appearance of self-dealing and favoritism and placed compliant businesses at a competitive disadvantage,” the complaint reads.
At a Tuesday afternoon press conference, Martinez maintained she is “an open book” and said characterized the attacks as politically-motivated “false narratives”.
“It’s embarrassing to be a punchline,” said Martinez, who also shared a formal Kissimmee Police Department complaint against Fetzer she filed Friday, alleging “a knowingly false material sworn statement, together with related conduct evidencing bad faith, coordinated activity relevant to motive and intent, and possible sworn misuse of sworn governmental processes.”
Fetzer said he filed a second complaint because he found out about the matters with KMG Party Designer after filing a prior complaint.
"She hasn't refuted the validity of my statements, I stand by what I said," he said Wednesday. "Commissioner Martinez even validated by claims (during Tuesday's press conference). "These are valid violations ... I have a track record of holding elected officials accountable."
Previously, Fetzer filed a complaint against Martinez that claims she supported and made policy about the city’s food truck policy while owning a food truck of her own and assisted a friend, another food truck owner, in getting a conditional use permit to house them at the friend’s restaurant location.
That complaint alleges city staff “felt threatened” by Martinez’s involvement and her actions, and the inaction of not disclosing her financial interests in the matter, were conflict of interests and an attempt at special treatment.
Tuesday, Martinez shared emails from Deputy City Manager Desiree Matthews that there are no officials staff complaints identifying the commissioner.
The original complaint against Martinez, and separate allegations against Mayor Jackie Espinosa have been assigned to a special prosecutor from the Ninth Circuit Court to investigate.
Kissimmee resident Alex Alemi accused Espinosa of violating both city bylaws and state statutes, detailing everything after her support of the city’s “Business Boost 2.0” program, which distributed federally-issued COVID-19 American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds to businesses that suffered financially during the pandemic. After supporting the plan to disperse the funds in September 2025, the complaint alleges three companies owned by Espinosa or her family received $50,000 total in project grants in October.
Martinez has filed for re-election to her Seat 4 on the Commission, and has drawn opponents Rubin Anderson, Maria Virginia Garcia and Tiffany Jeffers.
