At the behest of Planned Parenthood, Ald. Bill Conway (34th) was trying for the second time in six months to establish a "quiet zone" around the abortion clinic operated by Family Planning Associates at 659 W. Washington Blvd., where women have been bullied and intimidated there on their way inside.
When Claudia Badillo began to accumulate debts after she lost her house cleaning job when the pandemic hit, she decided to sell food. I invited a friend who is good at cooking and we agreed that she would cook and I would take care of the sales and deliver orders, Badillo said. We would distribute the profits equally.
The preparation and sale of Central American food kept Badillo from falling into a spiral of debt. The first few months before I sold food, my children and my friends were lending me (money) to pay the rent, utility bills, car insurance and tuition at the cosmetology school I attend, Badillo said.