Don Carrington’s CarolinaJournal story today helps to make my point on the “seen” political benefits. Here we have Governor Easley taking credit for a very minor business venture in Currituck County that actually had little or nothing to do with his administration’s fondness for using taxpayer money to lure an occasional business into the state. But the average person who might read the PR flackery would think that this was some momentous development for which all North Carolinians should be appreciative.