Florida Ethics Commission Finds Probable Cause in Kissimmee Mayor Grants Case

Florida Ethics Commission finds probable cause that Kissimmee Mayor Jackie Espinosa benefited from city grants.

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The Florida Commission on Ethics found probable cause that Mayor Jackie Espinosa of Kissimmee benefited from city grants awarded to her business or her family's business. ^[1] Businesses belonging to Mayor Jackie Espinosa or her family received a combined $50,000 in grants through the city's BOOST 2.0 grant program. ^[2] Mayor Jackie Espinosa voted to fund and expand the BOOST 2.0 program but never disclosed her own financial interest. ^[3] The BOOST 2.0 grant program used federal COVID-19 relief money to assist Kissimmee businesses. ^[4] Commissioners stressed that a finding of probable cause is not a determination that an ethics violation occurred and that any violation would be decided only after a full evidentiary hearing. ^[5] Kissimmee city commissioners voted on August 18, 2026, against advancing articles of impeachment against Mayor Espinosa following a special prosecutor's ethics investigation. ^[6] The investigative report alleged that over $50,000 in public relief funds went to businesses linked to Espinosa and her family without proper disclosure of conflicts of interest. ^[7]

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The Florida Commission on Ethics found probable cause that Mayor Jackie Espinosa of Kissimmee benefited from city grants awarded to her business or her family's business. · WKMG News 6 & ClickOrlando

Businesses belonging to Mayor Jackie Espinosa or her family received a combined $50,000 in grants through the city's BOOST 2.0 grant program. · WKMG News 6 & ClickOrlando

Mayor Jackie Espinosa voted to fund and expand the BOOST 2.0 program but never disclosed her own financial interest. · WKMG News 6 & ClickOrlando

The BOOST 2.0 grant program used federal COVID-19 relief money to assist Kissimmee businesses. · WKMG News 6 & ClickOrlando

Commissioners stressed that a finding of probable cause is not a determination that an ethics violation occurred and that any violation would be decided only after a full evidentiary hearing. · FOX 35 Orlando

Kissimmee city commissioners voted on August 18, 2026, against advancing articles of impeachment against Mayor Espinosa following a special prosecutor's ethics investigation. · FOX 35 Orlando

The investigative report alleged that over $50,000 in public relief funds went to businesses linked to Espinosa and her family without proper disclosure of conflicts of interest. · FOX 35 Orlando

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