The following is a character reference letter I wrote for the daughter of a friend. This young woman has since used this letter in her successful college and career applications.

Mr. Ford has not addressed in any detail his decision to write a “character reference” for Alexander Lisi, a friend who is accused of drug trafficking and is appealing a conviction for ...

Toronto Mayor Rob Ford wrote a character reference letter for Alessandro Lisi, praising a man convicted of threatening to kill a former girlfriend. In the letter, ordered released Tuesday by an ...