Is Pastor Burks eyeing the mayor's chair?

The Green Mouse says that at tomorrow's big mayoral nominee announcement by the Floyd County Republican Party, the invocation (no, not a pause for reflection) will be given by Pastor Steve Burks, who'll then be revealed as the party's candidate.

If true, this could be really interesting. Remember when Pastor Burks was peeved about the removal of the rote council prayer?

ON THE AVENUES: Separating church and council (January 9, 2012).

But lest we scoff, Burks is on a two-contest political winning streak. He was the top vote-getter in the 2012 Floyd County Council at-large race, then traded sideways to become a trustee just two months ago.

County Councilman Burks wins New Albany trustee’s seat

FLOYD COUNTY — Republican Steve Burks will be trading one seat for another after scoring a victory over an incumbent Tuesday night.

Burks received 5,540 votes, or 52.9 percent, while Democrat Jeannie Freiberger received 4,926 votes, or 4,926 votes, in the New Albany Township Trustee race.

Burks is a pastor and also an at-large Floyd County councilman, so he will have to resign his seat.

“I do benevolence all the time. That is what I do,” he said of his new post, which is largely tasked with helping the less fortunate. “I will try to be more efficient in that department. I want to give people a hand up instead of a hand out. I want people to be accountable."

Let's return to Twitter for a taste of what we'll be in for, apart from another candidate espousing the virtues of Mitt Romney:

"The greatness of our nation is diminishing because we have lost our moral compass. In order to be great again morality is not an option."