Original sentence: In recent years, residents of the northern half of the county have agitated for the county to be split in half, claiming that the southern half of the county ignores their needs
Edited sentence: A recent impartial study, commissioned by the Governor of California, revealed that if the county were split, the part that would become Mission County would take on a huge operating deficit from the day it begins operations, with no real hope for improvement.Countering this trend to some degree is the realization by residents of the northern part of the county that their qualitiy of life is becoming seriously eroded by rampant growth and poor planning.However, the relatively heavy population growth in the northern part of the county, and the present (2005) majority bloc of three pro-growth supervisors, suggest that a trend may be developing.In recent years, some residents of the northern half of the county have agitated for the county to be split in half, claiming that the southern half of the county ignores their needs.The true force behind this agitation for a county split comes from a small and wealthy group of development, oil, and other pro-growth interests who hope to profit greatly from gutted environmental controls and political ascendency.With the next redistricting after the 2010 census, it is quite possible that the county may become much more conservatively-oriented than it is presently