Well this is a straight up lie:
"Program had no funding and cost nothing other than ~4 hours of each program member’s time related to the program each month."
Those hours aren't free. They are hours that we as taxpayers pay for. That's 4 hours that could have gone to something else.
I like this decision, DEI initiatives have gone too far imo. We should be promoting people, hiring people, and allocating resources based on merit, not based on race or other factors. The law and our government system should be neutral to race, gender, etc. We can't make people's biases cease to exist through legislation, but the least we can do it make sure our actual laws and rules don't specifically privilege one group over another. It's wild that this is a controversial statement in today's age.