Dearborn Heights Mayor Daniel Paletko says that as he and his family were preparing to head to a Christmas church service that they found damage to his personal, city and his daughter’s vehicles at their home.

The Associated Press reports that the mayor of the city of about 60,000 people west of Detroit “absolutely” believes someone was trying to send him a political message.

Paletko said that the side walls on tires to the vehicles at his home were punctured. A friend picked the mayor and his family up and took them to church due to the lack of businesses open on Christmas.

The Detroit News reports that the incident happened about 9:45 a.m. on Christmas morning, and that it was his daughter that discovered the damage.

“Absolutely, it was someone sending a message,” he told the newspaper. "I don’t know what that message would be, and I’m not sure why. Civility in politics, at all levels, is just getting worse and worse.

“It’s disgusting to have that happen to anyone, under any circumstances, let alone on Christmas.”