* Rod Blagojevich is apparently losing yet another attorney. Terry Gillespie is reportedly abandoning ship because of a conflict of interest. Gillespie also represents Bill Cellni, who was indicted with Blagojevich last week. Hence, the conflict. Gillespie’s law partner, Ed Genson, bailed out weeks ago.

* The Tribune claims that former Deputy Gov. Bob Greenlee is cooperating with the feds and Lon Monk may start cooperating, which is no big surprise. The Daily Herald has an “experts say” piece on why Patti Blagojevich may not have been indicted.

* There’s undoubtedly much more to come…

“I think this is a highlight, but this indictment is by no means the end of this,” said former prosecutor Ronald Safer, now a defense lawyer who once fielded federal subpoenas on behalf of the governor’s office.

“There’s a whole infrastructure in state government that supported what’s in these allegations, and I think prosecutors will continue to investigate that,” he said.

He ought to know.

* The new era was on full display today…

One of Chicago’s worst pothole-scarred streets was selected as the backdrop Saturday for Gov. Pat Quinn and Mayor Richard Daley to outline nearly $200 million for city road repairs and other improvements included in a new statewide construction package. […]

“This money alone will fund 100 miles of (street and bridge) repairs and traffic signs,” Daley said at the event also attended by U.S. Rep. Danny Davis (D-Chicago), Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan (D-Chicago) and several other lawmakers and aldermen. [emphasis added]

* But Gov. Quinn should expect to get more questions like these…

Meanwhile, Gov. Quinn tiptoed around questions about more purges of Blagojevich holdovers with ties to Thursday’s indictment.

Blagojevich’s former budget chief, John Filan, was a lead architect of a $10 billion borrowing plan in 2003 that federal investigators indicated was designed to provide kickbacks to Blagojevich and others.

Filan, who now heads the Illinois Finance Authority, has not been accused of any wrongdoing.

Quinn also was asked about the future of Julie Cellini, chairwoman of the Illinois Historic Preservation Agency board and wife of Springfield businessman William Cellini, who also was indicted Thursday.

Sidestepping questions about both, Quinn said, “Every person should be evaluated on their own. I think if they’re honest [and] they’re doing a good job, they have nothing to fear.”

Considering the disasterous Quinn budget proposal that Filan helped concoct, is he really “doing a good job,” governor?

* Finally, I wonder if WLS Radio will be so eager to have Rod Blagojevich on the station now that we know Blagojevich was allegedly scheming as far back as the 2002 campaign to pad his own personal bank account with ill-gotten gains.

The 50,000-watt clear channel station has eagerly helped Blagojevich spread his outrageous lie that his impeachment and removal from office was about tax hikes and not his own extreme venality.

Let’s go back to what the US Attorney said last week…

Beginning in 2002 and continuing after Blagojevich was first elected governor, Blagojevich and Monk, along with Kelly and previously convicted co-schemer Antoin “Tony” Rezko, agreed that they would use the offices of governor and chief of staff for financial gain, which would be divided among them with the understanding that the money would be distributed after Blagojevich left public office

He was a bad guy from the get-go. And now he’s looking at 325 years behind bars. Keep him off the air, please.