The chatter in Tallahassee this morning as Gov.-elect Rick Scott‘s inaugural celebrations go into full swing is less about the jobs, jobs, jobs the first-time office holder campaigned on and more about something North Floridians in the know never take for granted – the weather.

At a breakfast honoring Pam Bondi, the state’s first woman elected as attorney general, and Lt. Gov.-elect Jennifer Carroll, the first black official elected statewide, FOX News host Greta Van Susteren chided the new governor about the capital city’s chilly environs.

“Do something about the weather,” Van Susteren instructed Scott. The Wisconsin native then went on to complain that even her down coat wasn’t enough to warm her up.

Morning temperatures in Tallahassee hovered around 35 degrees F. That gave the crowd entering the FSU event something to talk about.

“It’s not as cold as it was for Jeb Bush‘s first inaugural,” horse-track lobbyist Wilbur Brewton recalled. “My feet were frozen at that.”

Former Gov. Bob Martinez said his 1987 inaugural still was chillier.

“It’s cold,” said Justin Sayfie, who served as Bush’s press secretary and, like some of the other shivering attendees at a later event honoring Rick Scott’s wife Ann, lives in South Florida.

Sayfie was reminded of an observation at Gov. Bob Graham‘s inauguration in 1978 by a grouse who declared that it would be a cold day in you-know-where before another Miamiian was elected governor.

The temperature in Tallahassee was 14 degrees when Bush, from Miami, was sworn in on Jan. 5, 1999.

The temperature is expected to climb to near 60 degrees today, and on inauguration day tomorrow promises to be sunny and up to 63 degrees.

Chief Financial Officer-elect Jeff Atwater hired a cadre of veteran staffers to serve in his office after the former senate president is sworn in tomorrow.

Atwater’s chief of staff Robert “Budd” Kneip will hang on to his same job in the Cabinet office, and long-time Florida House staffer P.K. Jameson will serve as Atwater’s general counsel.

Atwater’s also hanging on to several long-time insurance personnel.

Tami Torres, who served under Insurance Commissioner Tom Gallagher and who is now the director of the Division of Consumer Services, will oversee the offices of Cabinet, communications and legislative affairs;

Karen Chandler, who also served under Gallagher and was communications chief for three Senate presidents, will be in charge of scheduling and appointments and Atwater’s’ administration.

Paul Whitfield, who served as a policy advisor to Atwater in the Senate, will oversee the budget office and have other duties.

Alexis Lambert, former spokeswoman for the Department of Business and Professional Regulation, will serve in the same role for Atwater.

Gov.-elect Rick Scott‘s Tallahassee inaugural fete kicked off this morning with a breakfast honoring women starring FOX News anchor Greta Van Susteren. Scott will be sworn in as Florida’s 45th governor tomorrow morning.

This morning’s breakfast is a salute to two female elected officials who made history this year – Lt. Gov.-elect Jennifer Carroll, the first black official elected statewide, and Attorney General-elect Pam Bondi, the first woman AG.

The Florida Channel is streaming the breakfast live at http://www.wfsu.org/flashwebcasts/web7.php.