To be fair to Drayne, it's unlikely he knew about the story's title, or it probably wouldn't have said "furries convention". Whether he claimed it was the first such convention in Philly is less clear, but in any case it's a Metro fact-checking fail. The convention tagline "Philadelphia's Very Own Furry Convention!" might have something to do with it.
Edit:Drayne says he and the staff were "very aware of Philly's history of fur cons", and "never meant to imply that Furrydelphia was the first". Meanwhile, Metro's Cassie Hepler says she was "just reporting what people told me".
To be fair to Drayne, it's unlikely he knew about the story's title, or it probably wouldn't have said "furries convention". Whether he claimed it was the first such convention in Philly is less clear, but in any case it's a Metro fact-checking fail. The convention tagline "Philadelphia's Very Own Furry Convention!" might have something to do with it.
Edit: Drayne says he and the staff were "very aware of Philly's history of fur cons", and "never meant to imply that Furrydelphia was the first". Meanwhile, Metro's Cassie Hepler says she was "just reporting what people told me".
Random note: Furrydelphia is a 501(c)(3), but wants to be a 501(c)(7).