Report card time: A, B, or C?

In his oft-quoted — well, at least around here — 2001 inauguration speech, newly-minted PC Party leader Danny Williams said:

It’s high time that Labradorians, instead of feeling like someone else’s treasure trove, started feeling like an integral part of our province. We cannot expect fair treatment from Ottawa if we don’t practise what we preach. We have the deed to Labrador, but we don’t have the heart and soul of its residents – and that must change.

In an October 31, 2005 interview with The Labradorian, he said:

But when you have scarce resources there's only so far to spread them around and I've got to tell you, the contribution we're making to Labrador is significant and it will continue to be significant because at the end of my days in this office, I want Labradorians to be able to say, 'Well, one thing about Williams — he cared about Labrador.'

And so, on the eve of an election that has yet to be called, but in which you can already vote, perhaps it's time to take stock of Danny's 2001 pledge, and his 2005 aspiration.

Has Danny succeeded? Maybe. Maybe not.

But there's one no-so-subtle indication, anyway, that he hasn't.

It's in the form of a Facebook group called "Labrador ABC".

And yes, "ABC" in that case stands for exactly the same thing Danny Williams makes it to stand for.