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Local Texans Lay Into Bitcoin Miners Exploiting Energy Woes

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“Don’t piss on our boots and tell us it’s raining.”

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Jackie Sawicky has a message for Bitcoin miners moving into Navarro County, Texas: “Don’t piss on our boots and tell us it’s raining.”

Sawicky, the founder of the Concerned Citizens of Navarro County group that operates on Facebook and Twitter, and many others in the community are frustrated with Bitcoin mining...

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