Portland Activists cause Trimet board to delay general manager hiring

It's probably just a head fake. 

Government always delays unpopular decisions in the hope that the citizens will move on to the next outrage and forget about the previous outrage. 

It's a well calculated strategy and works most of the time.

 Mainstream media, which was created and functions as a method to keep the citizens distracted and misinformed  by the never ending barrage of "breaking news" works hand in hand with government on things like this.
The Trimet puppets actually have the nerve to put forth the argument that Kelsey was the most qualified IN THE WORLD was preposterous on its face.

In any event the activists have caused the puppets to DELAY Kelsey's coronation