Candidate for
Council Member; City of Willits

I, MORRIS KAPLAN, A NATURALIZED CITIZEN, WAS BORN ON 18 FEBRUARY 1947 IN STUTTGART GERMANY AT THE U.S. ARMY HOSPITAL AT

THE DISPLACED PERSONS CAMP. MY PARENTS BEN KAPLAN AND FANNY MELMAN KAPLAN WERE POLISH JEWS. I LEGALLY ENTERED THE

UNITED STATES WITH MY PARENTS IN MARCH OF 1949 AT NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA. I WAS NATURALIZED ON 1APRIL1955 AND ON

18 FEBRUARY1956, THE CERTIFICATE OF NATURALIZATION NUMBER A298617 WAS ISSUE TO ME AT INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA.

I ATTENDED INDIANAPOLIS PUBLIC SCHOOLS NUMBER 22 AND 66 AND GRADUATED FROM SHORTRIDGE HIGH SCHOOL IN 1964.

WHILE WORKING AND ATTENDING EVENING CLASSES AT INDIANA UNIVERSITY IN INDIANAPOLIS, I WAS DRAFTED INTO THE U.S.

ARMY AND ENTERED SERVICE ON 23MAY1966. I COMPLETED BASIC INFANTRY TRAINING AND ADVANCED IN PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT

AT THE U.S. ARMY TRAINING CENTER AT FORT KNOX, KENTUCKY. I WAS ASSIGNED TO DUTY IN SOUTH KOREA AND SERVED 13 MONTHS

THERE FOLLOWED BY AN 18 MONTH ASSIGNMENT TO THE U.S. ARMY PACIFIC COMMAND IN OKINAWA. I WAS GRANTED AN EARLY RELEASE

FROM ACTIVE DUTY TO RETURN TO SCHOOL. ON 22 FEBRUARY 1969 AT THE U.S. ARMY PERSONNEL CENTER, OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA,

I WAS HONORABLY DISCHARGED FROM ACTIVE DUTY. I ATTENDED MERRIT COLLEGE IN OAKLAND FOR TWO YEARS UNDER THE G.I. BILL.

MY INTEREST IN ASIAN CULTURE LED ME TO STUDY WITH MASTER YUN CHUN CHIANG AT THE WEN WU SCHOOL OF INTERNAL ARTS IN

BERKELEY FOR THREE YEARS(73-75). DURING THAT TIME, A FELLOW STUDENT, FU TUNG CHENG(NOW MASTER) TOLD ME ABOUT GOLD

MOUNTAIN MONASTERY IN SAN FRANCISCO AND INVITED ME TO GO WITH HIM TO VISIT. IT WAS A LIFE CHANGING EXPERIENCE AND I

BEGAN ATTENDING LECTURES GIVEN BY THE VENERABLE MASTER HSUAN HUA. AFTER ATTENDING A WEEK LONG MEDITATION RETREAT

IN DECEMBER 1975, I DECIDED TO ENTER THE MONASTERY AND BECAME A DISCIPLE OF THE BUDDHA AND MY MASTER. IN 1976 I BECAME A

RESIDENT OF MENDOCINO COUNTY WHEN I WAS ASSIGNED THE DUTY OF WORKING AT OUR NEW PROPERTY; THE OLD

STATE HOSPITAL NOW THE CITY OF TEN THOUSAND BUDDHAS. AFTER A YEAR OF CULTIVATING/MEDITATING AND WORKING AT THE NEW

CITY, MY MASTER SELECTED ME TO BECOME A MONK AND WAS SENT BY MY MASTER TO LIVE IN TZU HSING MONASTERY IN HONG KONG

WHERE I WAS IN RESIDENCE FOR FIVE YEARS STUDYING AND PRACTICING. I RETURNED TO THE U.S. IN 1982 AND THE FOLLOWING YEAR,

AFTER EIGHT YEARS OF MONASTIC LIFE, I CHOOSE TO RETURN TO LAY LIFE AND PURSUE MY LONG HELD INTEREST IN CHINESE MEDICINE.

I ATTENDED THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF TRADITIONAL CHINESE MEDICINE IN SAN FRANCISCO, GRADUATED AND RECEIVED

CERTIFICATION(LATER LICENSURE) FROM THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA IN 1986. I DID VOLUNTEER ACUPUNCTURE WORK FOR THE

HAIGHT ASHBURY FREE CLINIC FOR TWO YEARS AFTER GRADUATION.1987 I TRAVELLED TO BEIJING CHINA TO STUDY AND WORK IN A

TRADITIONAL MEDICINE HOSPITAL. IN 1991 I RECEIVED MY DOCTORATE OF ORIENTAL MEDICINE AT THE INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF

ACUPUNCTURE AND CHINESE MEDICINE OF HONG KONG. IN 1992 I MOVED OUT OF SANFRANCISCO AND BEGAN TRAVELLING

AND IN OCTOBER OF 1994 I FOUND MYSELF LOOKING FOR A NEW HOME AND A COLLEAGUE DR. KARINA MCCABBE, WHO LIVES IN WILLITS,

INVITED ME TO JOIN HER HEALING ARTS CENTER AND I DID AND HAVE BEEN HERE IN WILLITS EVER SINCE. I WORKED FOR THE COUNTY

OF MENDOCINO DOING ACUPUNCTURE FOR INDIGENT AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE INDIVIDUALS. I WAS A VOLUNTEER FIREMAN FOR THE

BROOKTRAILS FIRE DEPARTMENT FOR A YEAR UNTIL I MOVED BACK TO THE CITY LIMITS. I WAS A MEMBER OF THE MENTAL HEALTH

BOARD OF MENDOCINO COUNTY FOR A FEW MONTHS AND RESIGNED BECAUSE I FELT THAT IT WAS A WASTE OF MY TIME (VITAMINS AND

EXERCISE AS A TREATMENT JUST DID NOT COMPUTE FOR THE OLD MEMBERS OF THE BOARD). AFTER TWENTY

FIVE YEARS OF PRACTICE, I AM NOW A RETIRED HERBALIST AND ACUPUNCTURIST. I AM ON THE FACULTY OF THE INSTILLING VIRTUE BOYS

SCHOOL AT THE CITY OF TEN THOUSAND BUDDHAS. MY SUBJECTS ARE PING PONG.

I BEGAN USING THE NAME 'PROPHESSOR PING PONG/PPP/P3 ABOUT THE TIME THAT THE CRIMINAL BUSH ADMINISTRATION ATTACKED

IRAQ IN 2003! WE OPPOSE WAR, AT HOME AND ABROAD. WE ADVOCATE; END THE FEDERAL RESERVE AND INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE!

RETURN THE BAR OF LONDON TO ITS CROWN MAKERS. BAN THE BAR IN AMERICA!

WE ARE CURRENTLY RUNNING FOR MAYOR OF WILLITS AND FOR CITY COUNCIL IN THE NOVEMBER ELECTION.

I ATTEST THAT THE PROCEEDING STATEMENT IS TRUE UNDER PENALTY OF PERJURY.

DATED: 8 SEPTEMBER 2012