Topeka ? A national anti-tax group is waging political war with Kansas legislators who have supported tax increases for schools.

The National Taxpayers Union, a non-partisan group based in Alexandria, Va., has purchased three days’ worth of radio ads that are being broadcast statewide.

The ad compares tax supporters in the Kansas Legislature with U.S. Sen. Edward M. “Ted” Kennedy, D-Mass.

“We don’t need Ted Kennedy’s kind of tax ideas here in Kansas,” the ad says.

“Kansas is one of several states that have been on our watch for tax increases,” Pete Sepp, a spokesman for the taxpayers group, said.

The ad gives a toll-free number for listeners to tell Kansas lawmakers how they feel about taxes. The number connects the caller to the Legislative Hotline, which is part of the Kansas State Library.

— Staff writer Scott Rothschild can be reached at 785-354-4222.