Kissimmee’s former city attorney who was terminated by a City Commission vote in February has sued the city for her wrongful termination.
Olga Sanchez de Fuentes, who had been with the city since 2014 and the City Attorney since 2019, filed the action with the Ninth Circuit Court on July 21 citing a violation of the state’s Public Sector Whistleblowers Act. Across a 21-page suit, Sanchez and her legal team seek damages over $50,000 from a breach of contract and “the covenant of good faith and fair standing.”
At the Feb. 3 City Commission meeting, Mayor Jackie Espinosa cited a list of “serious and ongoing concerns regarding the City Attorney’s capability, judgment, responsiveness, and overall quality of work” she shared with fellow commissioners before making a motion to terminate, despite discussion about the attorney’s contract not appearing on the meeting’s agenda, brought up instead during city officials comment time at the end of the meeting…