EX-U.S. TREASURER HEADED FOR HOOSEGOW

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Her signature appears on all U.S. paper money issued during the Bush presidency, but Catalina Vasquez Villalpando wasn't much good at handling legal tender legally. In Washington this morning, a U.S. District judge sentenced the former Treasurer to four months in prison for evading taxes, obstructing justice and conspiring to hide outside income while in the post. Villalpando, who pleaded guilty earlier this year, was contrite and -- voice breaking -- begged in vain for community service instead of jail. BTW: Villalpando caused a stir at the GOP convention in '92 by calling Bill Clinton and current U.S. Housing Secretary Henry Cisneros "skirt chasers." The Bush White House made her apologize.