UPDATE: District 9 city council candidate Kierran Young stated in the April 18 Facebook Live interview that Councilman Rev. Ricky Burgess accepted $250,000 from executives of LG Realty Advisors, including its founder/president Lawrence Gumberg, and real estate developer Walnut Capital. However, according to campaign finance data posted on the Open Book Pittsburgh website, Burgess appears to have received a combined $12,900 from the two developers’ executives and their known spouses since 2012.

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Jourdan is a senior community correspondent at PublicSource. Previously, Jourdan was engaged as a community-based educator in the Hazelwood section of the city. A lifelong Pittsburgh resident, she’s...