FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Broward County is proud of its new “Arts Metaverse,” a virtual 3-D platform that makes the county’s public art collection accessible online.
But the state officials have flagged the $175,000 project as part of what it calls “wasteful spending.”
The list, compiled by state auditors in recent weeks, includes nearly $900,000 over five years for diversity, equity, and inclusion training, and $44,000 for a decades-old United Nations treaty on gender equity in civil rights, the audit shows…