Outspoken Community Leader for Bemidji Ward 5.

I am Ernest Joseph Oppegaard-Peltier III (Joey).  I am running for City Council Ward 5 here in Bemidji, MN. I am running to end the wasteful spending of our tax money on economic development plans that do not provide enough transparency on how our tax money is being used. I am a firm believer of the safety and well-being of our neighbors, along with racial and economic justice for the hard workers over here in Ward 5. 

My husband and I moved here to Bemidji fall of 2018, from Grand Forks, N.D.   Since then I have been an employee and then assistant manager of a convenience store here in Bemidji, just recently taking on a position at a local nonprofit organization.  I've been going on for nearly 17 years of being engaged in our communities, from being on boards and state task forces advocating for foster and adoption youth, campaign finance reforms, racial justice, anti-political corruption and more to speak on. For the past year I've been volunteering here in Bemidji with Our Revolution Bemidji as their chair, where we've organized and rallied for people centered policies here in our area.

I am not your stereotypical politician; I am an outspoken leader that follows his principles.  Some of those principals that I inherited from my union leader grandpa who would gruffly lecture me as he would buzz cut my hair, talking about his barber days in the Air Force.  Just like my grandpa Bob, I am a leader, I stand up for my community and I am not afraid to speak for what is right.

Ward 5 needs a person that is willing to engage, that will be active and will speak up.  I am that person.  Nymore I’ll be knocking on your doors soon.

Thank you, Ernest Joseph Oppegaard-Peltier III

Candidate for Bemidji City Council Ward 5