AUSTIN -- Texans who make mocking d...

AUSTIN -- Texans who make mocking donations to Gov Rick Perry's campaign no longer have to worry about by what means their canceled checks will be labeled. Perry's campaign said it will likely stop using the digest "ASS 06" -- short for "A Small Supporter" -- upon the canceled checks of small-change contributors who donated pennies in assert of the governor's support for a just discovered business tax.

Perry spokesman Robert Black said the checks were codfished "ASS 06" because the donations weren't tied to a specific consequence "In hindsight, it probably wasn't the best choice," he said.

Lisa Stapp sent Perry a 3-cent campaign check. "I am willing to believe that there is a collection of laws that says 'a small supporter.' I also believe that it is a disparaging remark," Stapp said. "But if I have the right to avow he has the right to call me 'a small supporter.' "

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