BATON ROUGE — The co-chair of Mayor-President Sid Edwards' transition team gave Metro Councilman Darryl Hurst an ultimatum: resign or be removed from the mayor's transition team.

In a video posted to Facebook, Darrell Glasper Sr. said Hurst, who represents District 5 on the Metro Council, has until Friday to step down from his post on the transition team or be removed from his position on the mayor's staff.

"I am going to throw him off of the transition team where he needs to be because he thinks he's politically strong when he only has one vote," Glasper said.

Glasper said that the ultimatum comes after Hurst's behavior at Wednesday's Metro Council meeting. 

"Hurst is an egotistical political maniac because the way he treats people, disrespects people at the city council meetings," he said.

Glasper did not specify what Hurst said that spurred his call for the councilman's resignation from the transition team.

He went on to call Hurst's behavior toward the public "degrading and arrogant," saying that he was speaking down to his constituents instead of representing them.

"I do not allow anybody who's associated with me, who I ever support, to disrespect or mistreat anybody," Glasper said.

Darryl Hurst told WBRZ that he believes Glasper isn't upset about anything that happened at the metro council meeting, but it is about when he spoke earlier this week during a press conference addressing the Mayor President's Revive EBR Plan involving the library funds.

"Nothing happened at the metro council meeting I directly talked with Mr. Glasper when I talked with him I stated that I would hold you, the mayor, or anybody else accountable if I disagreed with facts that were inaccurate and misinforming the public, and at that point the next thing I knew the(Glasper's) statement came out," Hurst said.

 "I was very surprised that he didn't call me, that he went to the news because for me a friend makes a phone call to another friend, they don't go to the public when they disagree with me, so I wish him well if he doesn't want to meet with me if he does I'd love to have a cup of coffee," he said.

Hurst told WBRZ that he is still on the transition team and did not indicate that he would be stepping down. 

"Based on my conversation with the leader of our parish who I serve with the pleasure of on that transition team he wouldn't have it any other way, but to leave me on there respects my opinion and he looks forward to working with me". Hurst said.

Through a spokesperson, the mayor-president did not comment on Glasper's statements.