In a seven to four vote last week, Crane County officials decided to raise property taxes when
it might have been expected for it to be reduced.A. (County officials)
it might have been expected for
it(property taxes) to be reduced
B. (County officials)they might have been expected to have reduced them(property taxes)
C. (County officials)they might have been expected that
it(property taxes) should be reduced
D.
its(property taxes) reducing might have been expected
E.
there might have been an expectation for them to be reduced <== this is unidiomatic
But IMHO even B does not make sense. You cannot say something like
"officials decided to raise property taxes" - an action that happened, so the taxes are higher-
when
"they might
have been expected to
have reduced them" - if you use present perfect you are saying that this action (expect/reduce) is still going on in the present somehow: even though the taxes are higher they still expect them to be lower (does not make a lot of sense).
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