By Bruce Barton

Three Los Altos Hills officials who have been criticized for their stance on off-road pathways were the victims of vandalism this past weekend.

Councilwoman Toni Casey and planning commissioners Charles Wong and Bill Kerns all had hard objects thrown through the front windows of their homes.

Kerns reported a suspect or suspects used a wooden log to break a 3-by-4-foot window while he and his wife were away Saturday night.

He called the action “politically motivated” because he and the planning commission agreed last Thursday to proceed with a revised pathways map that eliminated 15 miles of planned off-road paths. Kerns said nothing was taken from his home.

Sheriff’s deputies confirmed the vandalism and that reports had been filed.

Kerns said Casey’s bay window was smashed around 9:45 p.m. that evening.

“They found glass and a large clod of dirt on the living room floor, as well as a large hole in the plate glass picture window,” he said.

“They had to be standing on my front porch,” said Casey, who added she has been receiving abusive phone calls over the past month and had her mail stolen, opened and left in a neighbor’s mailbox. Casey was out of town when the incidents occurred.

“This is ugly, nasty,” Casey said. “Two years ago, they threw eggs. I had a caller who said if I approved the Kerns house, they would skin me alive.”

Wong’s home was vandalized at approximately 1:45 Sunday morning, while he and his family were asleep. Family members saw a car driving away from the house.

“Apparently, at least two people were involved in this incident - the one who threw the rock and a second who waited in the getaway car,” Kerns said.

Kerns added that on the evening of the controversial planning commission meeting, he received three “inflammatory” voicemail messages.

He said sheriff’s deputies are investigating to see if there is a link between the phone calls and the vandalism.