Putting Lancaster on the map

LANCASTER - Never mind being mayor. If he could just be appointed king for a year, jokes Mayor R. Rex Parris, he could really turn this wind-swept, sagebrush-dotted corner of the sun-baked Mojave Desert into an oasis of comfort and modernity.AP in the Daily News.

Crime? Forget about it. There would be a military-style surveillance plane flying overhead. There would be a steady revenue stream from flashing billboards and musical roads placed all over town.